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 158
... turned out in thousands to draw his carriage . It was injustice and tyranny that this pugnacious people resented , not privilege . " Gentlemen are , or ought to be , the pride and glory of every civilised country , " wrote Bewick ...
... turned out in thousands to draw his carriage . It was injustice and tyranny that this pugnacious people resented , not privilege . " Gentlemen are , or ought to be , the pride and glory of every civilised country , " wrote Bewick ...
Page 169
... turned it into a half a crown by begging a lift to Hull , fifty miles away , and re- turned with a bag of cockles for sale in his native town . From Peg Pimpleface , the costermonger's daughter , driving her donkey - cart round Poplar ...
... turned it into a half a crown by begging a lift to Hull , fifty miles away , and re- turned with a bag of cockles for sale in his native town . From Peg Pimpleface , the costermonger's daughter , driving her donkey - cart round Poplar ...
Page 203
... turned off , the employer knowing no more or caring no more than if they were so many old pins or shuttles . ” Few of those who , by the power of employment , controlled this new society had been trained to lead or had been responsible ...
... turned off , the employer knowing no more or caring no more than if they were so many old pins or shuttles . ” Few of those who , by the power of employment , controlled this new society had been trained to lead or had been responsible ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome | 7 |
Approach to the Capital 15 12 253 | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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