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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More manageable in size were the substantial houses which rich merchants raised and country magnates ... Such was Sir Nathaniel Hobart's fine new house in Chancery Lane “ near the “ Three Cranes ' , next door to the ' Hole in the Wall ...
More manageable in size were the substantial houses which rich merchants raised and country magnates ... Such was Sir Nathaniel Hobart's fine new house in Chancery Lane “ near the “ Three Cranes ' , next door to the ' Hole in the Wall ...
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The new brick houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover , many , who had gardens round ...
The new brick houses that arose in the devastated areas were so much more handsome and commodious than the old that property owners whose houses had not been burnt became anxious to rebuild . Moreover , many , who had gardens round ...
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A month later , revisiting it , the same diner - out had another tale to record of " great wrangling with the master of the house when the reckoning was brought , he setting down exceeding high everything . " Places of purely liquid ...
A month later , revisiting it , the same diner - out had another tale to record of " great wrangling with the master of the house when the reckoning was brought , he setting down exceeding high everything . " Places of purely liquid ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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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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