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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Page 192
... were crowded in conditions of squalor which worsened as ever more newcomers poured into the place , its stately homes become overcrowded tenements , its mulberry trees cut down and gardens obliterated by mean dwellings , its rustic ...
... were crowded in conditions of squalor which worsened as ever more newcomers poured into the place , its stately homes become overcrowded tenements , its mulberry trees cut down and gardens obliterated by mean dwellings , its rustic ...
Page 193
1 In the capital the slums crowded behind the grander houses , out of sight - though not always out of smell — of their owners . They were still what they had been in the Middle Ages , fever - ridden haunts of vice and wretchedness : a ...
1 In the capital the slums crowded behind the grander houses , out of sight - though not always out of smell — of their owners . They were still what they had been in the Middle Ages , fever - ridden haunts of vice and wretchedness : a ...
Page 282
The crowded house rocked at the broad jests , gaped with delight at the tinsel scenes in which fairies and genii floated before ethereal landscapes of gold , crystal and diamonds , and uproariously applauded the brutal , noisy but good ...
The crowded house rocked at the broad jests , gaped with delight at the tinsel scenes in which fairies and genii floated before ethereal landscapes of gold , crystal and diamonds , and uproariously applauded the brutal , noisy but good ...
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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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