The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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I discoveries and stimulus of industrial and political revolution . ... But in the years when the Second Empire was taking shape the impulses of evangelical religion were powerful forces in English politics , missionary societies ...
I discoveries and stimulus of industrial and political revolution . ... But in the years when the Second Empire was taking shape the impulses of evangelical religion were powerful forces in English politics , missionary societies ...
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EMANCIPISTS : POLITICAL PRISONERS 421 persons who had been pardoned by the Governor in the exercise of the power committed to him . But both classes were concerned in the issue which so greatly disturbed the administration and retarded ...
EMANCIPISTS : POLITICAL PRISONERS 421 persons who had been pardoned by the Governor in the exercise of the power committed to him . But both classes were concerned in the issue which so greatly disturbed the administration and retarded ...
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The arguments for separation seemed to lose their strength , they faded out of politics . The colonies had ceased to be a burden on the budget of ... Europe had shown little disposition to adopt her political and economic philosophy .
The arguments for separation seemed to lose their strength , they faded out of politics . The colonies had ceased to be a burden on the budget of ... Europe had shown little disposition to adopt her political and economic philosophy .
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