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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... assistance thus given to them , since without close touch with the historical scholarship of the Dominions these volumes could not well have been undertaken . The present volume covers the first phase of British expansion when the ...
... assistance thus given to them , since without close touch with the historical scholarship of the Dominions these volumes could not well have been undertaken . The present volume covers the first phase of British expansion when the ...
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... assistance of other Powers by the promise of high profits , but neither England nor France could be persuaded to take action . The States did not relinquish their plan and awaited a more propitious moment that was not long delayed . In ...
... assistance of other Powers by the promise of high profits , but neither England nor France could be persuaded to take action . The States did not relinquish their plan and awaited a more propitious moment that was not long delayed . In ...
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... assistance of belligerents of his own communion was felt to be the duty of a Christian prince . The Dutch and French Protestants both received aid from bodies of English and Scottish soldiers even where there was no state of war between ...
... assistance of belligerents of his own communion was felt to be the duty of a Christian prince . The Dutch and French Protestants both received aid from bodies of English and Scottish soldiers even where there was no state of war between ...
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