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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... cause to complain of the succession of eras in her modern history . If wars can ever be other than an evil to the peoples involved in them , the long war in which Great Britain stood sturdily out against Napoleon , and in which ...
... cause to complain of the succession of eras in her modern history . If wars can ever be other than an evil to the peoples involved in them , the long war in which Great Britain stood sturdily out against Napoleon , and in which ...
Page 389
... cause to complain of the character and ability of their governors . Dudley had been a native of Massachusetts ; Shute an " independent " in religion , clear - headed , and conscientious ; Burnet a mild and honest man of the school of ...
... cause to complain of the character and ability of their governors . Dudley had been a native of Massachusetts ; Shute an " independent " in religion , clear - headed , and conscientious ; Burnet a mild and honest man of the school of ...
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... cause of liberty which they invoked , and their enmity to Great Britain caused them to be received with the utmost enthusiasm . But French opinion remained divided as to the advisability of intervention . The desire to tear up the ...
... cause of liberty which they invoked , and their enmity to Great Britain caused them to be received with the utmost enthusiasm . But French opinion remained divided as to the advisability of intervention . The desire to tear up the ...
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