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 372
... seemed to depend on Prussia . Frederick , whose victory at Mollwitz ( April 1741 ) proved that the only Austrian army could not drive him from Silesia , skilfully prolonged the auction at which the irreconcileables , Britain and France ...
... seemed to depend on Prussia . Frederick , whose victory at Mollwitz ( April 1741 ) proved that the only Austrian army could not drive him from Silesia , skilfully prolonged the auction at which the irreconcileables , Britain and France ...
Page 463
... seemed as nothing in comparison with that of Prussia , and at Aix - la - Chapelle the deepest wounds had been inflicted not by France but by Britain . If post - war France were anywhere aggressive , it was beyond the seas , in regions ...
... seemed as nothing in comparison with that of Prussia , and at Aix - la - Chapelle the deepest wounds had been inflicted not by France but by Britain . If post - war France were anywhere aggressive , it was beyond the seas , in regions ...
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... seemed as though another England was to burst into bloom on the American continent . Again and again in wills is found the use of the word " home " to describe England . Communication was constant between the two countries , the sea ...
... seemed as though another England was to burst into bloom on the American continent . Again and again in wills is found the use of the word " home " to describe England . Communication was constant between the two countries , the sea ...
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CHAPTER II | 22 |
The Newfoundland Fishery | 29 |
The Western Adventurers | 35 |
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