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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... important as it became a few years later . From the first , therefore , the colonisation of Virginia excited national interest to a unique degree , and this had no doubt a considerable influence on the fortunes of the colony . The ...
... important as it became a few years later . From the first , therefore , the colonisation of Virginia excited national interest to a unique degree , and this had no doubt a considerable influence on the fortunes of the colony . The ...
Page 205
... important still , ap- peared in 1625 , which dealt not only with war but with peace also . They were attempts to ... importance and was much used by Grotius . It is , however , to the work of Hugo Grotius ( 1583-1645 ) that the greatest ...
... important still , ap- peared in 1625 , which dealt not only with war but with peace also . They were attempts to ... importance and was much used by Grotius . It is , however , to the work of Hugo Grotius ( 1583-1645 ) that the greatest ...
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... important than the governor himself . It was composed of leading men of the colony , " of good life , well affected to the government , of good estates and abilities and not necessitous people or much in debt " , 1 and in numbers ran ...
... important than the governor himself . It was composed of leading men of the colony , " of good life , well affected to the government , of good estates and abilities and not necessitous people or much in debt " , 1 and in numbers ran ...
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