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 238
... alliance rather than enmity , might well have been instituted . The Dutch , with greater insight into the ambitions of France , were preparing to make this departure ; but Cromwell was drawn into the alliance with Mazarin which produced ...
... alliance rather than enmity , might well have been instituted . The Dutch , with greater insight into the ambitions of France , were preparing to make this departure ; but Cromwell was drawn into the alliance with Mazarin which produced ...
Page 357
... ALLIANCE OF 1717 357 and a dangerous commercial rival , to be handled , if possible , in like manner with the Dutch . Her influence abroad , notably in the Levant , her unsurpassed diplomacy , her unrivalled army - from all of these her ...
... ALLIANCE OF 1717 357 and a dangerous commercial rival , to be handled , if possible , in like manner with the Dutch . Her influence abroad , notably in the Levant , her unsurpassed diplomacy , her unrivalled army - from all of these her ...
Page 360
... alliance with France . Spain , on the other hand , rejected every plan for an accommoda- tion , and sought on all sides for allies . The Jacobites , the Swedes , the Turks and the Russians might be hoped for , but the most attractive ...
... alliance with France . Spain , on the other hand , rejected every plan for an accommoda- tion , and sought on all sides for allies . The Jacobites , the Swedes , the Turks and the Russians might be hoped for , but the most attractive ...
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