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 94
... whole fields , houses and cities " , and the peasants thus expelled must beg or steal and be hanged . Such is the old order , the aftermath of the long civil strifes — a weary waste of selfish- ness , extravagance , injustice and misery ...
... whole fields , houses and cities " , and the peasants thus expelled must beg or steal and be hanged . Such is the old order , the aftermath of the long civil strifes — a weary waste of selfish- ness , extravagance , injustice and misery ...
Page 412
... whole system of appointment seems to have been somewhat casual , though a tendency can be discovered , due partly to the policy of consolidation and partly to the desire for patronage at home , to concentrate appointments as much as ...
... whole system of appointment seems to have been somewhat casual , though a tendency can be discovered , due partly to the policy of consolidation and partly to the desire for patronage at home , to concentrate appointments as much as ...
Page 429
... whole House was frequently employed as a weapon in the Assembly's struggle with the Crown . The committee of the whole House was known in Jamaica , 2 but was rarely used in Penn- sylvania ; and in North Carolina , while it acted ...
... whole House was frequently employed as a weapon in the Assembly's struggle with the Crown . The committee of the whole House was known in Jamaica , 2 but was rarely used in Penn- sylvania ; and in North Carolina , while it acted ...
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