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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... a Welsh Charitable Society , a Ladies ' Charity , a Lunatic Hospital , a Magdalene Society , an Institution for restoring Drowned Persons , a Strangers ' Friendly Society , a Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the ...
... a Welsh Charitable Society , a Ladies ' Charity , a Lunatic Hospital , a Magdalene Society , an Institution for restoring Drowned Persons , a Strangers ' Friendly Society , a Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the ...
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and one for the Conversion and Education of Negro Slaves : a Society for Protecting Trade against sharpers and swindlers , and a Society for giving Bibles to Soldiers and Sailors . Almost every corporate national activity , including ...
and one for the Conversion and Education of Negro Slaves : a Society for Protecting Trade against sharpers and swindlers , and a Society for giving Bibles to Soldiers and Sailors . Almost every corporate national activity , including ...
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The first great national Union , the Amalgamated Society of Engineers , was founded in 1851 with the fusion of over a ... societies . In the next fifteen years its membership of 12,000 more than doubled . With its many imitators it ...
The first great national Union , the Amalgamated Society of Engineers , was founded in 1851 with the fusion of over a ... societies . In the next fifteen years its membership of 12,000 more than doubled . With its many imitators it ...
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Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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