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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... death , on Hell , on Heaven and upon eternity . Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven is the balsam that cureth all . " 1 Such faith sustained men in all the major crises of life , nerved them to bear pain worse than modern ...
... death , on Hell , on Heaven and upon eternity . Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven is the balsam that cureth all . " 1 Such faith sustained men in all the major crises of life , nerved them to bear pain worse than modern ...
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... death . Even the most common rights of justice were denied to Catholics , who dared not resort to litigation . when an unscrupulous opponent could always enforce on them an oath incompatible with their faith or win the case by default ...
... death . Even the most common rights of justice were denied to Catholics , who dared not resort to litigation . when an unscrupulous opponent could always enforce on them an oath incompatible with their faith or win the case by default ...
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... death penalty . A man who stole five shillings ' worth of goods from a shop counter , it was held , was undermining the structure of a free society . As , however , the English were a humane and Christian people in their private ...
... death penalty . A man who stole five shillings ' worth of goods from a shop counter , it was held , was undermining the structure of a free society . As , however , the English were a humane and Christian people in their private ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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