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 78
... strode up to the ringleader and , ignoring their oaths and raised muskets , carried him to the guardhouse , standing at the door with a drawn sword and swearing to the mob about him that while he lived the man should not go free .
... strode up to the ringleader and , ignoring their oaths and raised muskets , carried him to the guardhouse , standing at the door with a drawn sword and swearing to the mob about him that while he lived the man should not go free .
Page 107
They lived in bare , unfloored cottages , mostly of one room , with dung piled against sodden turf walls . Even in its noble capital— “ Auld Reekie ” -with its labyrinth of crooked closes and tall medieval houses , the cry of “ gardy ...
They lived in bare , unfloored cottages , mostly of one room , with dung piled against sodden turf walls . Even in its noble capital— “ Auld Reekie ” -with its labyrinth of crooked closes and tall medieval houses , the cry of “ gardy ...
Page 193
Half the customers of such places lived outside the law . The thieves ' kitchen was the natural flower of the London slum . The world of Fagin and the Artful Dodger did not spring from Dickens's imagination .
Half the customers of such places lived outside the law . The thieves ' kitchen was the natural flower of the London slum . The world of Fagin and the Artful Dodger did not spring from Dickens's imagination .
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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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