Set in a Silver SeaDoubleday, 1968 - 359 pages A social history of England from the days of the first Stuart king, James, when England was largely an agricultural and rural country, through the reign of Queen Victoria, when England had become the world's foremost industrial and Imperial giant. |
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Page 197
... Wales and 15,000 parishes , and almost all corrupt . No one , except the very poor , showed the slightest respect for their authority or the antiquated regulations they feebly tried to enforce . Simond's first impression of England was ...
... Wales and 15,000 parishes , and almost all corrupt . No one , except the very poor , showed the slightest respect for their authority or the antiquated regulations they feebly tried to enforce . Simond's first impression of England was ...
Page 211
... Wales - Scotland had no poor - law - was in receipt of some form of parochial relief . Thousands of small hus- bandmen , faced by rate - demands beyond their means , were also driven into the ranks of the landless workers and became ...
... Wales - Scotland had no poor - law - was in receipt of some form of parochial relief . Thousands of small hus- bandmen , faced by rate - demands beyond their means , were also driven into the ranks of the landless workers and became ...
Page 348
... Wales , afterwards Ed- ward VII , k . , 321 Eelbrook Common , 314 Egan , Pierce , 150 , 175 , 189 Egerton , William , see Bridgewater Egremont , 3rd e . of , 122 , 157 Egypt , 177 Elise , Mme , 331 Elizabeth I , q . , 10 , 11 , 12 , 74 ...
... Wales , afterwards Ed- ward VII , k . , 321 Eelbrook Common , 314 Egan , Pierce , 150 , 175 , 189 Egerton , William , see Bridgewater Egremont , 3rd e . of , 122 , 157 Egypt , 177 Elise , Mme , 331 Elizabeth I , q . , 10 , 11 , 12 , 74 ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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