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 108
... better employed than if they had stayed behind to evict copy- holders or to fall into the usurious clutches of a Spinola or a Para- vicini . Religious zeal , too , found a healthier outlet in converting the native Virginians than in ...
... better employed than if they had stayed behind to evict copy- holders or to fall into the usurious clutches of a Spinola or a Para- vicini . Religious zeal , too , found a healthier outlet in converting the native Virginians than in ...
Page 122
... better armed , better manned , and better worked , besides at the start gaining the weather gauge . But joy at the deliverance from a great fear stopped not to reason why . Enough that the Spaniards " with all their so great and ...
... better armed , better manned , and better worked , besides at the start gaining the weather gauge . But joy at the deliverance from a great fear stopped not to reason why . Enough that the Spaniards " with all their so great and ...
Page 502
... better that British should be substituted for French sugar , and that a potential naval reserve should be withdrawn from France . It has been ingeniously argued3 that Pitt's consent to giving up Guadeloupe in 1761 was due to the fact ...
... better that British should be substituted for French sugar , and that a potential naval reserve should be withdrawn from France . It has been ingeniously argued3 that Pitt's consent to giving up Guadeloupe in 1761 was due to the fact ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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