The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 4John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 424
... effect of Francis's pertinacity was to bring into prominence the question of the ownership of the land . It is sufficient to point out that while Hastings and Barwell assumed that the sovereign possessed the land , and Francis and his ...
... effect of Francis's pertinacity was to bring into prominence the question of the ownership of the land . It is sufficient to point out that while Hastings and Barwell assumed that the sovereign possessed the land , and Francis and his ...
Page 442
... effect of " open and reasonable compensation for honest service " , and believed that many would prefer this to " concealed emolument " , if it could be obtained . So in the new system he made the commercial residents the representa ...
... effect of " open and reasonable compensation for honest service " , and believed that many would prefer this to " concealed emolument " , if it could be obtained . So in the new system he made the commercial residents the representa ...
Page 514
... effect against any enemy . In war , reputation is strength ; but reputation is lost by the rash exposure of the most gallant troops under circumstances which render defeat more probable than victory ; and a succession of reverses will ...
... effect against any enemy . In war , reputation is strength ; but reputation is lost by the rash exposure of the most gallant troops under circumstances which render defeat more probable than victory ; and a succession of reverses will ...
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