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 128
... raised from his own land : beef , fowls , a gammon of bacon and a sucking pig , a green goose , river - fish , plum - pudding , apple - pie , cheese - cakes , custards , home - brewed beer , home - made wine and sillabub . From the ...
... raised from his own land : beef , fowls , a gammon of bacon and a sucking pig , a green goose , river - fish , plum - pudding , apple - pie , cheese - cakes , custards , home - brewed beer , home - made wine and sillabub . From the ...
Page 210
... raised , the farm labourer in an en- closed village gained nothing from its increased price . On the contrary ... raise his wages . 1 " The labourer who sows and does not reap sees abundance all around him , creates it and does not ...
... raised , the farm labourer in an en- closed village gained nothing from its increased price . On the contrary ... raise his wages . 1 " The labourer who sows and does not reap sees abundance all around him , creates it and does not ...
Page 226
... raised or a cheer heard . " The people of England , " wrote Greville , " seemed inclined to hurrah no more . ” Even at Ascot in the following summer only a few hats were raised as the royal barouche drove down the course.1 1 This ...
... raised or a cheer heard . " The people of England , " wrote Greville , " seemed inclined to hurrah no more . ” Even at Ascot in the following summer only a few hats were raised as the royal barouche drove down the course.1 1 This ...
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The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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