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 53
... master " and the " master " the father - figure of the household . Though subject to obvious abuse , so long as there was food for all - which there usually was unless the harvest failed for several seasons in succession - it made for a ...
... master " and the " master " the father - figure of the household . Though subject to obvious abuse , so long as there was food for all - which there usually was unless the harvest failed for several seasons in succession - it made for a ...
Page 148
... Master of the Quorn , George Osbaldeston- “ little Ossey " or , as he was called later , the “ squire of England ” —a shrivelled - up , bantam- cock of a man with short legs , a limp , a gorilla chest and a face like a fox cub ...
... Master of the Quorn , George Osbaldeston- “ little Ossey " or , as he was called later , the “ squire of England ” —a shrivelled - up , bantam- cock of a man with short legs , a limp , a gorilla chest and a face like a fox cub ...
Page 159
... master and huntsman , groom and whipper - in , dog - stopper and stable boy , meeting day after day on the level of a common love . The coloured prints that depicted its scarlet coats and glossy horses hung in village alehouses as well ...
... master and huntsman , groom and whipper - in , dog - stopper and stable boy , meeting day after day on the level of a common love . The coloured prints that depicted its scarlet coats and glossy horses hung in village alehouses as well ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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