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
GILBERT AND CARLEILL'S RIVAL SCHEMES 67 favoured it from the beginning . ... Crown for the issue of a new patent in its favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than ...
GILBERT AND CARLEILL'S RIVAL SCHEMES 67 favoured it from the beginning . ... Crown for the issue of a new patent in its favour , and ultimately the Bristol merchants seem to have preferred this scheme for their subscriptions rather than ...
Page 489
But he prepared for a possible struggle , by demonstrating that he was the real dispenser of royal favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made him suspect Pitt's war ...
But he prepared for a possible struggle , by demonstrating that he was the real dispenser of royal favours . He got Henley made Chancellor early in 1761 ; he promoted George Grenville , whose financial gifts made him suspect Pitt's war ...
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The majority at home , Burke was obliged to admit , was , when war began , in 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 ...
The majority at home , Burke was obliged to admit , was , when war began , in 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 ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Mar 2009 |
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