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 372
... seemed to depend on Prussia . Frederick , whose victory at Mollwitz ( April 1741 ) proved that the only Austrian army could not drive him from Silesia , skilfully prolonged the auction at which the irreconcileables , Britain and France ...
... seemed to depend on Prussia . Frederick , whose victory at Mollwitz ( April 1741 ) proved that the only Austrian army could not drive him from Silesia , skilfully prolonged the auction at which the irreconcileables , Britain and France ...
Page 466
... seemed to be but part of a scheme of general aggression over- seas . " In the East " , he declared , " they were driving us out of our settlements , and upon the coast of Africa seizing our forts , raising others , inveigling away our ...
... seemed to be but part of a scheme of general aggression over- seas . " In the East " , he declared , " they were driving us out of our settlements , and upon the coast of Africa seizing our forts , raising others , inveigling away our ...
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... 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 arranged the theft and received ...
... 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 arranged the theft and received ...
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