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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“ A time will come , and that speedily , when folks will give up everything else and follow dog - fighting . ” “ Do you think so ? ” “ Think so ? Let me ask what there is that a man wouldn't give ” “ Why ... there's religion .
“ A time will come , and that speedily , when folks will give up everything else and follow dog - fighting . ” “ Do you think so ? ” “ Think so ? Let me ask what there is that a man wouldn't give ” “ Why ... there's religion .
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... and semi - professional witswho obscured for them both their duties and interests ; the fat , pasty - faced chaplain at Castle Howard scarcely dared give an opinion on the weather lest his patron , Lord Carlisle , should disagree .
... and semi - professional witswho obscured for them both their duties and interests ; the fat , pasty - faced chaplain at Castle Howard scarcely dared give an opinion on the weather lest his patron , Lord Carlisle , should disagree .
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To give them a hint without offending their modesty he advanced cautiously on all fours , raising himself by degrees as much as decency permitted . English notions of propriety were always hard for a foreigner to appreciate , for strict ...
To give them a hint without offending their modesty he advanced cautiously on all fours , raising himself by degrees as much as decency permitted . English notions of propriety were always hard for a foreigner to appreciate , for strict ...
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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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