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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Page 351
... BRITAIN AND HANOVER 351 overian , moreover , there was nothing strange in a small band of noble families monopolising the ministry and controlling the Estates.1 But that a particular brand of Whig , a mere temporary majority within a ...
... BRITAIN AND HANOVER 351 overian , moreover , there was nothing strange in a small band of noble families monopolising the ministry and controlling the Estates.1 But that a particular brand of Whig , a mere temporary majority within a ...
Page 356
... Britain and not Britain - Hanover determined its policy , and provided that the latent enemy of all its members continued to be found in France . In 1716 by the Treaty of Westminster , therefore , we covenanted with the Emperor for ...
... Britain and not Britain - Hanover determined its policy , and provided that the latent enemy of all its members continued to be found in France . In 1716 by the Treaty of Westminster , therefore , we covenanted with the Emperor for ...
Page 359
... BRITAIN AND EUROPE AFTER UTRECHT 359 doubled the importance of Hanover , that to keep them George became the accomplice of Russia and even of Denmark and Prussia , his detested neighbours , and that no consideration for Britain would ...
... BRITAIN AND EUROPE AFTER UTRECHT 359 doubled the importance of Hanover , that to keep them George became the accomplice of Russia and even of Denmark and Prussia , his detested neighbours , and that no consideration for Britain would ...
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