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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... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
Page 319
... favour , and aggression on the eastern frontier rather than overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the ...
... favour , and aggression on the eastern frontier rather than overseas occupied the royal mind . That France , which had defied Europe in a war of aggression , continued her encroachments in time of peace , lent additional weight to the ...
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... favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made him ... favour of Louis XV and La Pompadour , he had also appealed for 1 Yorke , Hardwicke , III , 244 . support to the ...
... favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made him ... favour of Louis XV and La Pompadour , he had also appealed for 1 Yorke , Hardwicke , III , 244 . support to the ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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