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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... once encroached it never receded . Yet the old divisions remained . The new houses rose on the same lines as the old , the strength of the foundations and walls undestroyed by the fire making it difficult for them to do otherwise . The ...
... once encroached it never receded . Yet the old divisions remained . The new houses rose on the same lines as the old , the strength of the foundations and walls undestroyed by the fire making it difficult for them to do otherwise . The ...
Page 76
... once for the offence and once for being a duke . the principle of change . They were realists . Though 76 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... once for the offence and once for being a duke . the principle of change . They were realists . Though 76 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
Page 139
... once remarked that he brushed his own clothes and regretted that he had not time to clean his boots , for the presence of a crowd of idle , officious fellows annoyed him more than he could say . To most , however , of the participants ...
... once remarked that he brushed his own clothes and regretted that he had not time to clean his boots , for the presence of a crowd of idle , officious fellows annoyed him more than he could say . To most , however , of the participants ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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