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 72
... profit was expected whether in a privateering adventure to the West Indies , a speculation in eastern trade or an enterprise of western planting . If a project did not return a reasonable profit , it was difficult to attract investors ...
... profit was expected whether in a privateering adventure to the West Indies , a speculation in eastern trade or an enterprise of western planting . If a project did not return a reasonable profit , it was difficult to attract investors ...
Page 73
... profit.1 The levies for the Queen's service , too , were frequent and oppressive . On the other hand , an outlet for able - bodied vagrants into the armies in the Low Countries and Ireland was opened through the hands of the recruiting ...
... profit.1 The levies for the Queen's service , too , were frequent and oppressive . On the other hand , an outlet for able - bodied vagrants into the armies in the Low Countries and Ireland was opened through the hands of the recruiting ...
Page 154
... profit , and could find better use for their money elsewhere . The better class of emigrants would not readily go to places where it was notorious that they would be faced with the hostility of large numbers of unruly fishermen , and ...
... profit , and could find better use for their money elsewhere . The better class of emigrants would not readily go to places where it was notorious that they would be faced with the hostility of large numbers of unruly fishermen , and ...
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