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 54
... better - to - do parents were always praying that God would " fill the cradle with sweet brave babes . " " Your mother , " wrote a ruined cavalier to his son , “ was well delivered of her tenth daughter ( the thing is called Bridget ) ...
... better - to - do parents were always praying that God would " fill the cradle with sweet brave babes . " " Your mother , " wrote a ruined cavalier to his son , “ was well delivered of her tenth daughter ( the thing is called Bridget ) ...
Page 84
... better than beasts of burden , conversed on the principles of their calling.1 This common passion was one of the influences that tempered the aristocratic government of the country . By accustoming men of all classes to act together ...
... better than beasts of burden , conversed on the principles of their calling.1 This common passion was one of the influences that tempered the aristocratic government of the country . By accustoming men of all classes to act together ...
Page 332
... better things to be . " 1 All this was true . The good man , looking back on his life of struggle and seemingly miraculous achievement , knew how much greater were the opportunities of the young workers of the new age than were those of ...
... better things to be . " 1 All this was true . The good man , looking back on his life of struggle and seemingly miraculous achievement , knew how much greater were the opportunities of the young workers of the new age than were those of ...
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The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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