The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... commerce was dedicated to him as the man who had taught France that she could do everything and must be ashamed to enrich foreigners by her neglect . Foreigners , it is true , he disliked , one and all , unless they were prepared to ...
... commerce was dedicated to him as the man who had taught France that she could do everything and must be ashamed to enrich foreigners by her neglect . Foreigners , it is true , he disliked , one and all , unless they were prepared to ...
Page 317
... commerce and one whose flourishing condition could only too easily display the difference between a republic and a monarchy in that regard , while the French alliance would have the opposite effect . He derided Eng- lish jealousy of the ...
... commerce and one whose flourishing condition could only too easily display the difference between a republic and a monarchy in that regard , while the French alliance would have the opposite effect . He derided Eng- lish jealousy of the ...
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... commerce - destroying to embarrass the allies . But rivalry with Britain by sea , still more the ambition of Colbert and Seignelay , ceased to be possible . As the sea power of France diminished and her need of respite grew , as Holland ...
... commerce - destroying to embarrass the allies . But rivalry with Britain by sea , still more the ambition of Colbert and Seignelay , ceased to be possible . As the sea power of France diminished and her need of respite grew , as Holland ...
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