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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And when , within a few months , the Bavarian died , the opprobrium seemed to have been incurred in vain . " We are in no small labyrinth , and may it please God to help us out of it " , was his dry comment.1 66 Despite the protests of ...
And when , within a few months , the Bavarian died , the opprobrium seemed to have been incurred in vain . " We are in no small labyrinth , and may it please God to help us out of it " , was his dry comment.1 66 Despite the protests of ...
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... to sub- stitute for Austria at the head of affairs an aggrandised Bavaria crowned with the imperial crown and dependent upon France.1 French success , both in the imperial election and in war , seemed to depend on Prussia .
... to sub- stitute for Austria at the head of affairs an aggrandised Bavaria crowned with the imperial crown and dependent upon France.1 French success , both in the imperial election and in war , seemed to depend on Prussia .
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Still the law of the land seemed shockingly severe . Three magistrates might condemn a slave to death . Where two slaves , one an old offender , the other a boy of sixteen , had robbed a man of his watch , etc. , the old man who ...
Still the law of the land seemed shockingly severe . Three magistrates might condemn a slave to death . Where two slaves , one an old offender , the other a boy of sixteen , had robbed a man of his watch , etc. , the old man who ...
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