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 27
... four horses , and the hay loft will hold four loads of hay . There is bins for oats . They say they are very honest and civil people ; Judge Atkins's coach has stood there this fourteen years . Now there is another at the ' Red Harp ...
... four horses , and the hay loft will hold four loads of hay . There is bins for oats . They say they are very honest and civil people ; Judge Atkins's coach has stood there this fourteen years . Now there is another at the ' Red Harp ...
Page 172
... four or five to ten and even twelve miles an hour . The cost of such travel remained heavy ; an inside ticket from London to Liverpool cost four guineas with- out tips and meals . But the gain to traders and men of money was ...
... four or five to ten and even twelve miles an hour . The cost of such travel remained heavy ; an inside ticket from London to Liverpool cost four guineas with- out tips and meals . But the gain to traders and men of money was ...
Page 266
... four millions . Correspondence , hitherto an activity of the well - to - do classes alone , became common to all who could read and write . The prepaid adhesive stamps , affixed to the new paper bags or envelopes which took the place of ...
... four millions . Correspondence , hitherto an activity of the well - to - do classes alone , became common to all who could read and write . The prepaid adhesive stamps , affixed to the new paper bags or envelopes which took the place of ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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