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 54
... morning . " " My boy is now undressing by me , " wrote another , " and is such pretty company that he hinders me so I can- not write what I would . " Education began early . Life was too uncertain to prolong child- hood unnecessarily ...
... morning . " " My boy is now undressing by me , " wrote another , " and is such pretty company that he hinders me so I can- not write what I would . " Education began early . Life was too uncertain to prolong child- hood unnecessarily ...
Page 167
... morning till eight at night . The London shops closed their shutters at midnight and opened again at dawn . When the first edition of Scott's Fortunes of Nigel reached London from Edinburgh on a Sunday - the one day of rest observed by ...
... morning till eight at night . The London shops closed their shutters at midnight and opened again at dawn . When the first edition of Scott's Fortunes of Nigel reached London from Edinburgh on a Sunday - the one day of rest observed by ...
Page 168
... morning newspapers to catch the out - going mails . Even the post- men went from door to door ringing their bells ... morning to walk ten miles to Newcastle , wading through streams and never troubling to change his clothes , even when ...
... morning newspapers to catch the out - going mails . Even the post- men went from door to door ringing their bells ... morning to walk ten miles to Newcastle , wading through streams and never troubling to change his clothes , even when ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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