By contrast, they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750, when England was still a completely agricultural country, a period of great abundance and prosperity.

• 相反的他们他们看到在过去的一百年，也就是1650-1750年间，当英国人还是一个彻底的农业国家的时候，那是一个人人都富裕的年代。