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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... empire , the chartered company had had its day , seeing that , according to the doctrines of the Manchester school , with which the inclinations of the British Government were for many years in accord , further imperial expansion was to ...
... empire , the chartered company had had its day , seeing that , according to the doctrines of the Manchester school , with which the inclinations of the British Government were for many years in accord , further imperial expansion was to ...
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... empire or no empire . But it seems reasonable to conclude that it was the existence of an infant empire which gave occasion for or , at the least , reinforced the arguments for the Navi- gation Laws ; that those laws nursed English ...
... empire or no empire . But it seems reasonable to conclude that it was the existence of an infant empire which gave occasion for or , at the least , reinforced the arguments for the Navi- gation Laws ; that those laws nursed English ...
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... empire Great Britain would have been very much poorer in one important respect . An unsurpassed opportunity for calling out and developing the best British qualities would have been wanting . It may be said again that , without the Empire ...
... empire Great Britain would have been very much poorer in one important respect . An unsurpassed opportunity for calling out and developing the best British qualities would have been wanting . It may be said again that , without the Empire ...
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