The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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They had - only too frequently — their ministerial crises : some of them even felt strong enough to attempt from time to time - though seldom with success - to keep the Superintendent in order by means of a responsible executive .
They had - only too frequently — their ministerial crises : some of them even felt strong enough to attempt from time to time - though seldom with success - to keep the Superintendent in order by means of a responsible executive .
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After all , it could only be mischievous to retain a shadow of responsibility when the beneficial exercise of power ... as the guardian of imperial interests and as the officer responsible for the proper employment of imperial troops ...
After all , it could only be mischievous to retain a shadow of responsibility when the beneficial exercise of power ... as the guardian of imperial interests and as the officer responsible for the proper employment of imperial troops ...
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Native policy , even with the advent of responsible government , was to remain in the hands of the British Government acting through the Governor . But the irksome land problem was bound to drive the colonists to claim the decisive ...
Native policy , even with the advent of responsible government , was to remain in the hands of the British Government acting through the Governor . But the irksome land problem was bound to drive the colonists to claim the decisive ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Arthur Percival Newton |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 4 Mar 2009 |
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