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 504
... increased them . The argument was specious , for it assumed that the German war could be isolated from the colonial struggle , and that our containing operations in Europe did not assist our aggressive operations in America . But it ...
... increased them . The argument was specious , for it assumed that the German war could be isolated from the colonial struggle , and that our containing operations in Europe did not assist our aggressive operations in America . But it ...
Page 558
... increased the fighting forces of the belligerents . The name privateer " is given in the early part of the eighteenth century to such ships . The motives of the holders of letters of marque were plunder and self - enrichment : there was ...
... increased the fighting forces of the belligerents . The name privateer " is given in the early part of the eighteenth century to such ships . The motives of the holders of letters of marque were plunder and self - enrichment : there was ...
Page 563
... increased exports was not thought to be advantageous . " By what is consumed at home " , Davenant asserts , " one loseth only what another gets , and the nation in general is not at all the richer ; but all foreign consumption is a ...
... increased exports was not thought to be advantageous . " By what is consumed at home " , Davenant asserts , " one loseth only what another gets , and the nation in general is not at all the richer ; but all foreign consumption is a ...
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