The miserable dress, and diet, and dwelling of the people; the general desolation in most parts of the kingdom; the old seats of the nobility and gentry all in ruins, and no new ones in their stead; the families of farmers, who pay great rents, living... Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Michael Thomas Sadler, Esq - Page 63 de Robert Benton Seeley - 1842 - 664 pages Affichage du livre entier -
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