Set in a Silver SeaA 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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“ My boy is now undressing by me , " wrote another , “ and is such pretty company that he hinders me so I cannot write what I would . ” Education began early . Life was too uncertain to prolong childhood unnecessarily ; the sooner boys ...
“ My boy is now undressing by me , " wrote another , “ and is such pretty company that he hinders me so I cannot write what I would . ” Education began early . Life was too uncertain to prolong childhood unnecessarily ; the sooner boys ...
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At Eton , under elms planted in the days of Charles I , the boys , celebrating the martial heroes of antiquity , kept the old feast of Montem - the tenure by which the college held its domains . Few could see unmoved the heroic ...
At Eton , under elms planted in the days of Charles I , the boys , celebrating the martial heroes of antiquity , kept the old feast of Montem - the tenure by which the college held its domains . Few could see unmoved the heroic ...
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... and the rough , passionate sailors whom coastwise England bred , singing as they pulled on the ropes how soon they would " be in London city , Blow my bully boys blowl And see the girls all dressed so pretty , Blow ! boys , blow !
... and the rough , passionate sailors whom coastwise England bred , singing as they pulled on the ropes how soon they would " be in London city , Blow my bully boys blowl And see the girls all dressed so pretty , Blow ! boys , blow !
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Set in a Silver Sea Anchor A680 Volume 680 of Anchor books Doubleday anchor books English social history |
| Author | Arthur Bryant |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 May 2007 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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