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 86
... Liberty outside parliament was reflected by liberty within . For all the power of the great nominating lords and borough - mongers and the allurements of the Treasury , there were more independent members in the House than is possible ...
... Liberty outside parliament was reflected by liberty within . For all the power of the great nominating lords and borough - mongers and the allurements of the Treasury , there were more independent members in the House than is possible ...
Page 105
... liberty at home . The Revolutionary dream of a new birth of free- dom founded on resounding phrases had proved , it seemed , bloody and destructive delusion . The French under their military dictatorship had shown themselves incapable ...
... liberty at home . The Revolutionary dream of a new birth of free- dom founded on resounding phrases had proved , it seemed , bloody and destructive delusion . The French under their military dictatorship had shown themselves incapable ...
Page 323
... liberty as a member of a class : he wanted it as a man . An official bossing him about was no less a tyrant in his eyes be- cause he was vested with popular authority . The English proletarian was a contradiction in terms : economically ...
... liberty as a member of a class : he wanted it as a man . An official bossing him about was no less a tyrant in his eyes be- cause he was vested with popular authority . The English proletarian was a contradiction in terms : economically ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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