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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... sometimes de- scended on the streets in a blanket of fog , so that " horses ran against each other , carts against carts , coaches against coaches . ” Yet in summer the rays of the sun reached the trees and flowers of the city courts ...
... sometimes de- scended on the streets in a blanket of fog , so that " horses ran against each other , carts against carts , coaches against coaches . ” Yet in summer the rays of the sun reached the trees and flowers of the city courts ...
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... sometimes giving access on to a hundred others , sometimes ending in nothing , like that “ blind alley , on the backside of Mr. Trice's house , just at the close of the evening , " where Dryden's wild gallant was wont to 26 SET IN A ...
... sometimes giving access on to a hundred others , sometimes ending in nothing , like that “ blind alley , on the backside of Mr. Trice's house , just at the close of the evening , " where Dryden's wild gallant was wont to 26 SET IN A ...
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... sometimes in winter feel the cold of Greenland , " wrote John Byng , " up and down ; hence we are precarious , uncertain , wild , enduring mortals . And may we so endowed continue , the wonder and balance of the universe . " CHAPTER 5 ...
... sometimes in winter feel the cold of Greenland , " wrote John Byng , " up and down ; hence we are precarious , uncertain , wild , enduring mortals . And may we so endowed continue , the wonder and balance of the universe . " CHAPTER 5 ...
Contents
The Breach with Rome 7 | 7 |
Approach to the Capital | 15 |
Pepyss London | 22 |
Copyright | |
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