The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Our experience both in attacking the Canadian frontier before 1763 and in defending it since made us desire peace in America . But to end a civil war so that it leaves no wounds , to reconcile on a new basis a revolted colony and its ...
Our experience both in attacking the Canadian frontier before 1763 and in defending it since made us desire peace in America . But to end a civil war so that it leaves no wounds , to reconcile on a new basis a revolted colony and its ...
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While the Foreign Secretary , Lord Hawkesbury , admitted in the House that the peace was a risky experiment , the confidential adviser of his colleague Castlereagh , privately foretold its imminent dangers ; for , as it did not ...
While the Foreign Secretary , Lord Hawkesbury , admitted in the House that the peace was a risky experiment , the confidential adviser of his colleague Castlereagh , privately foretold its imminent dangers ; for , as it did not ...
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Considered as a test of the sincerity of Napoleon's desire for peace , , the British demand for a ten years ' occupation of Malta probed his designs not unskilfully . For , if he really desired a lasting peace , he could not ...
Considered as a test of the sincerity of Napoleon's desire for peace , , the British demand for a ten years ' occupation of Malta probed his designs not unskilfully . For , if he really desired a lasting peace , he could not ...
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