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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... he can fatten oxen better than his brethren , the other farmers . A German baron could hardly believe this . " Wynne Diaries III 72 . countrymen - and particularly their neighbours - thought of them 84 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... he can fatten oxen better than his brethren , the other farmers . A German baron could hardly believe this . " Wynne Diaries III 72 . countrymen - and particularly their neighbours - thought of them 84 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
Page 117
... barons , moving slowly up to Richmond or down to Syon , the sculptured , classical bridges , the wayside alehouses with placid drinkers under their spreading oaks and chestnuts , the old grey churches and barns , the ghostly trees in ...
... barons , moving slowly up to Richmond or down to Syon , the sculptured , classical bridges , the wayside alehouses with placid drinkers under their spreading oaks and chestnuts , the old grey churches and barns , the ghostly trees in ...
Page 240
... beds , chests of drawers and prints . Within was cleanliness , good order and fine frugal cooking . 1 Baron Dupin , The Commercial Power of Great Britain ( 1825 ) II 237 . Such a man , wrote Engels , in the changing 240 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
... beds , chests of drawers and prints . Within was cleanliness , good order and fine frugal cooking . 1 Baron Dupin , The Commercial Power of Great Britain ( 1825 ) II 237 . Such a man , wrote Engels , in the changing 240 SET IN A SILVER SEA.
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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