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Page viii
... century was the quest by industrializing societies to secure those sources and outlets. As they had in previous centuries, explorers and adventurers played a vital role in this process of expansion into the wider world. Nineteenth—Century ...
... century was the quest by industrializing societies to secure those sources and outlets. As they had in previous centuries, explorers and adventurers played a vital role in this process of expansion into the wider world. Nineteenth—Century ...
Page viii
... Century , by Henry A. Beers ) has helped to draw attention to many of these rising ridges of romance in the century which most people connect only with the name of Pope ; and I hope in these few pages to show that the fifteenth century ...
... Century , by Henry A. Beers ) has helped to draw attention to many of these rising ridges of romance in the century which most people connect only with the name of Pope ; and I hope in these few pages to show that the fifteenth century ...
Page 198
... century meant that women and children were increasingly removed from the factory system while legislation shortened the working day; by the end of the century, most workers had Saturday afternoons off too. The decrease in working hours ...
... century meant that women and children were increasingly removed from the factory system while legislation shortened the working day; by the end of the century, most workers had Saturday afternoons off too. The decrease in working hours ...
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