The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Bute's conduct towards Frederick has been severely criticised . Bute could not remove Frederick from office , like Newcastle or Pitt , but he could ( and did ) deprive him of his subsidy . Bute's technical position towards Frederick was ...
... Bute's conduct towards Frederick has been severely criticised . Bute could not remove Frederick from office , like Newcastle or Pitt , but he could ( and did ) deprive him of his subsidy . Bute's technical position towards Frederick was ...
Page 496
... Bute to lower his terms . Egremont made an official reply to Choiseul , 1 insisting on his previous terms , and adding that England would restore Martinique , but demanding the Neutral Isles for England , of which St Lucia , from its ...
... Bute to lower his terms . Egremont made an official reply to Choiseul , 1 insisting on his previous terms , and adding that England would restore Martinique , but demanding the Neutral Isles for England , of which St Lucia , from its ...
Page 500
... Bute , like his master , ardently desired peace , and he told Choiseul so frankly enough . " Instead of going the ordinary way of forming pretensions much stronger than one would wish to conclude , I have traced the plan of an equitable ...
... Bute , like his master , ardently desired peace , and he told Choiseul so frankly enough . " Instead of going the ordinary way of forming pretensions much stronger than one would wish to conclude , I have traced the plan of an equitable ...
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