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Holloway PEASANT'S FATE A RURAL POEM 1803 English

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Condition/Details:This antique leather-bound volume is a very scarce work of literature that reflects (on) the transformations taking place in English rural life. The author states in the preface: "The spirit of avarice and monopoly has possessed almost all ranks and degrees of people, and appears to have rendered the heart callous to the feelings of humanity. The drift of this little attempt is principally designed, (without adverting to political argument) to shadow forth the evils arising to the peasantry of this country, from the system of engrossing small farms, and driving the hereditary occupiers to the necessity of embracing a maritime or military life for support, or being reduced to the most abject state of dependence, and submitting to the galling hardship of becoming servants on the spot where they once had been masters." The work is illustrated with a frontispiece. The volume shows external age/wear, and is solidly bound with age-toned pages with some staining to preliminary pages. The book measures approximately 4" x 6.25" and contains 128 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $4.50

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