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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From early times Spain had found it necessary to admit such foreign participation in practice , although she denied it in principle . The Seville merchants who supplied most of the cargoes for the Indies secured their foreign goods ...
From early times Spain had found it necessary to admit such foreign participation in practice , although she denied it in principle . The Seville merchants who supplied most of the cargoes for the Indies secured their foreign goods ...
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readings prevailed everywhere except in the corporate colonies , but with some variations from English practice . A bill might pass through its three readings in one day or be prolonged over many weeks . It was always read in full at ...
readings prevailed everywhere except in the corporate colonies , but with some variations from English practice . A bill might pass through its three readings in one day or be prolonged over many weeks . It was always read in full at ...
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So during the period under examination the practice of States bore witness to the diminishing claims to sovereignty over large areas of the ocean ; Admiralty Courts were recognising limited ...
So during the period under examination the practice of States bore witness to the diminishing claims to sovereignty over large areas of the ocean ; Admiralty Courts were recognising limited ...
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