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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Page 244
... seemed to them in part godless , in part idolatrous , a tyranny and an anarchy by turns , but always intent upon closing markets to British goods and upon stealing away British trade . It can hardly be wondered that Nelson wished the ...
... seemed to them in part godless , in part idolatrous , a tyranny and an anarchy by turns , but always intent upon closing markets to British goods and upon stealing away British trade . It can hardly be wondered that Nelson wished the ...
Page 271
... seemed to provide “ a series of surprises founded on deception " , but in Portugal the two Powers worked in concert . Although British representatives opposed French at Madrid , at Athens , in South America and even in Paris , much ...
... seemed to provide “ a series of surprises founded on deception " , but in Portugal the two Powers worked in concert . Although British representatives opposed French at Madrid , at Athens , in South America and even in Paris , much ...
Page 549
... seemed to hold , over Britain's head . But the theory which prevailed in Britain for half a century , that the expansion of the Russian empire in Asia arose from a deep plan to conquer India , ranks with the later theory that ...
... seemed to hold , over Britain's head . But the theory which prevailed in Britain for half a century , that the expansion of the Russian empire in Asia arose from a deep plan to conquer India , ranks with the later theory that ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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