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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... practice , although she denied it in principle . The Seville merchants who supplied most of the cargoes for the Indies secured their foreign goods through alien merchants , French , English , Portuguese , Germans and Dutch , who ...
... practice , although she denied it in principle . The Seville merchants who supplied most of the cargoes for the Indies secured their foreign goods through alien merchants , French , English , Portuguese , Germans and Dutch , who ...
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... practice . A bill might pass through its three readings in one day or be prolonged over many weeks . It was always ... practice unknown elsewhere . Bills might originate with the governor , the council , the Speaker , a committee , or an ...
... practice . A bill might pass through its three readings in one day or be prolonged over many weeks . It was always ... practice unknown elsewhere . Bills might originate with the governor , the council , the Speaker , a committee , or an ...
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... practice regulating the salute of a vessel coming within range of a battery on a foreign coast had pre- pared the way for the acceptance of the doctrine of cannon - range ; it was the rule in England that " the sea should salute the ...
... practice regulating the salute of a vessel coming within range of a battery on a foreign coast had pre- pared the way for the acceptance of the doctrine of cannon - range ; it was the rule in England that " the sea should salute the ...
Contents
CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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