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 161
... give up everything else and follow dog - fighting . " " Do you think so ? " " Think so ? Let me ask what there is that a man wouldn't give up for it ? " " Why . . . there's religion . " " Religion ! How you talk . Why , there's myself ...
... give up everything else and follow dog - fighting . " " Do you think so ? " " Think so ? Let me ask what there is that a man wouldn't give up for it ? " " Why . . . there's religion . " " Religion ! How you talk . Why , there's myself ...
Page 179
... give an opinion on the weather lest his patron , Lord Carlisle , should disagree . The rich had become almost too rich for reason . Lord Alvanley , whose dinners were said to be the best in London , had an apricot tart on his table ...
... give an opinion on the weather lest his patron , Lord Carlisle , should disagree . The rich had become almost too rich for reason . Lord Alvanley , whose dinners were said to be the best in London , had an apricot tart on his table ...
Page 281
... give them a hint without offending their modesty he advanced cautiously on all fours , raising himself by degrees as much as decency permitted . English notions of propriety were always hard for a foreigner to appreciate , for strict as ...
... give them a hint without offending their modesty he advanced cautiously on all fours , raising himself by degrees as much as decency permitted . English notions of propriety were always hard for a foreigner to appreciate , for strict as ...
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The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
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