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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Page 67
... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
... favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than that of their Southampton rivals . Letters were sent to the fishing ports of Devon and the west of England urging them ...
Page 489
... favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made ... favour of Louis XV and La Pompadour , he had also appealed for 1 Yorke , Hardwicke , m , 244 . support to the French ...
... favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made ... favour of Louis XV and La Pompadour , he had also appealed for 1 Yorke , Hardwicke , m , 244 . support to the French ...
Page 761
... favour of coercion.1 Opinion had hardened , as the violence and ever - increasing demands of the Americans and their rejection of each effort at conciliation seemed to point to a determination to throw off their allegiance . The greater ...
... favour of coercion.1 Opinion had hardened , as the violence and ever - increasing demands of the Americans and their rejection of each effort at conciliation seemed to point to a determination to throw off their allegiance . The greater ...
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