The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... wrote down a number of matters for which he considered provision should be made . Amongst these was a request that he might establish the settlement " in such port as I may find the most convenient and best to answer the intentions of ...
... wrote down a number of matters for which he considered provision should be made . Amongst these was a request that he might establish the settlement " in such port as I may find the most convenient and best to answer the intentions of ...
Page 119
... wrote , " remind me of the monasteries of Spain . They contain a population of consumers who reproduce nothing . " 1 The monasteries of Spain doubtless would have disputed both the com- parison and the statement of fact ; but the sound ...
... wrote , " remind me of the monasteries of Spain . They contain a population of consumers who reproduce nothing . " 1 The monasteries of Spain doubtless would have disputed both the com- parison and the statement of fact ; but the sound ...
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... wrote , " that the affairs of the Fiji Islands are a matter of concern to this country " .1 But the matter did not rest there . The confusion into which Fiji was falling and the problems of the labour trade forced the Government's hands ...
... wrote , " that the affairs of the Fiji Islands are a matter of concern to this country " .1 But the matter did not rest there . The confusion into which Fiji was falling and the problems of the labour trade forced the Government's hands ...
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