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 55
... gallant young disputant will be up to the knees in the brambles , at the head of a whole regiment of pitiful tatterdemalions beating to start a hare . " 1 For , reared in a communal household drawn from every rank in rural society ...
... gallant young disputant will be up to the knees in the brambles , at the head of a whole regiment of pitiful tatterdemalions beating to start a hare . " 1 For , reared in a communal household drawn from every rank in rural society ...
Page 63
Here a union of nascent capitalism and cottage industry was enriching a whole community . In the pleasant valleys of the Stroud and Wiltshire Avon the sides of the hills were covered with the paddocks of clothiers , each man in “ his ...
Here a union of nascent capitalism and cottage industry was enriching a whole community . In the pleasant valleys of the Stroud and Wiltshire Avon the sides of the hills were covered with the paddocks of clothiers , each man in “ his ...
Page 279
Vast saddles of mutton and sirloins of beef , whole salmons and turbots , interminable courses of potages , fishes , removes , entremets and removes of the roast , were helped out by vegetables boiled in water , pastries and enormous ...
Vast saddles of mutton and sirloins of beef , whole salmons and turbots , interminable courses of potages , fishes , removes , entremets and removes of the roast , were helped out by vegetables boiled in water , pastries and enormous ...
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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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