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A Full Set of Penguin Books - English Journeys 20 Volumes

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William, Cobbett

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Ronald Blythe

John Stewart Collis

Celia Fiennes

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Cobbett's Political Register, Vol. 76: From April 7, to June 30, 1832, Inclusive (Classic Reprint)

Biographies & Memoirs

Forgotten Books

Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanors From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 10: A. D. 1680-1685 (Classic Reprint

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Rural Rides

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Europe

Macdonald

Twelve Sermons On 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. the Rights of the Poor. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. the Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. the Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidden Marriage. 12. Parsons and Tithes

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<p>Excerpt from Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford, Bucks, Wilts, Somerset, Gloucester, Hereford, Salop, Worcester, Stafford, Leicester, Hertford, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Nottingham, Lincoln, York, Lancaster, DurhamThe reader will perceive that there are, in the course of these rides, ' some instances in which the Author has gone over the same part of the country on more than one occasion and it may, also, be con sidered, that there are certain repetitions in the writing, of statements of fact, or of remarks, which might with propriety have been omitted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>

Rural Rides: In the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford, Bucks, Wilts, Somerset, Gloucester, Hereford, Salop, Worcester, Stafford, Leicester, Hertford, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Camb

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Cobbett's Country Book: An Anthology of William Cobbett's Writings on Country Matters

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Cottage Economy

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Cedric Chivers

Journal of a Year's Residence in the United States of America

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1828. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... c beer to be had at the public house, and divested of the poisonous drugs which that beer but too often contains; and I shall further suppose that he uses in his family two quarts of this beer every day from the first of October to the last day of March inclusive ; three quarts a day during the months of April and May; four quarts a day during the months of June and September; and five quarts a day during the months of July and August; and if this be not enough it must be a family of drunkards. Here are 1097 quarts, or, 274 gallons. Now, a bushel of malt will make eighteen gallons of better beer than that which is sold at the public houses. And this is precisely a gallon for the price of a quart. People should bear in mind, that the beer, bought at the public house, is loaded with a beer tax, with the tax on the public house keeper, in the shape of licence, with all the taxes and expenses of the brewer, with all the taxes, rent, and other expenses of the publican, and with all the profits of both brewer and publican; so that when a man swallows a pot of beer at a public house, he has all these expenses to help to defray, besides the mere tax on the malt and on the hops. 26. Well, then, to brew this ample supply of good beer for a labourer's family, these 274 gallons, requires fifteen bushels of malt and (for let us da the thing well) fifteen pounds of hops. The malt is now eight shillings a bushel, and very good hops may be bought for less than a shilling a pound. The grains and yeast will amply pay for the labour and fuel employed in the brewing ; seeing that there will be pigs to eat the grains, and bread to be baked with the yeast. The account will, then, stand thus: 27. Here, then, is the sum of four pounds, two shillings and twopence saved every ye...

Cottage Economy (Verey & Von Kanitz Rural Classics)

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