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 216
... rising mansions of Bayswater . Southwards towards the river were the Abbey and the long straight line of Westminster Hall , but Barry's Houses of Parliament were still only rising from the scaffolded ashes of old St. Stephen's ...
... rising mansions of Bayswater . Southwards towards the river were the Abbey and the long straight line of Westminster Hall , but Barry's Houses of Parliament were still only rising from the scaffolded ashes of old St. Stephen's ...
Page 221
... rising from the shadowy recesses of London or Waterloo Bridge , would mount the parapet and , sliding into the water , take swift dramatic leave of a world that knew small pity for failures . Strangely contrasted , the life of rich and ...
... rising from the shadowy recesses of London or Waterloo Bridge , would mount the parapet and , sliding into the water , take swift dramatic leave of a world that knew small pity for failures . Strangely contrasted , the life of rich and ...
Page 289
... rising to jest or bluff away an awkward situation in the House , gave the English confidence . It was just so that they liked to think of them- selves , boldly confronting a world of which they had somehow become lords . The spirit and ...
... rising to jest or bluff away an awkward situation in the House , gave the English confidence . It was just so that they liked to think of them- selves , boldly confronting a world of which they had somehow become lords . The spirit and ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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