The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century: Its Progress and Expansion at Home and Abroad, Comprising a Description and History of the British Colonies and Dependencies, Tom 1Blackie & son, limited, 1897 - 30 |
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... followed , in due time , by expansion of that conquest into a colonized area extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore . Last to take the field for the prize of colonial possession , Great Britain has long ago and far away ...
... followed , in due time , by expansion of that conquest into a colonized area extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore . Last to take the field for the prize of colonial possession , Great Britain has long ago and far away ...
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... followed the theology of Calvin , formed the party known , under Elizabeth , as Puritans . The persecution which they endured from the great Tudor queen made the party hostile to the royal pre- rogative , and the mercantile classes in ...
... followed the theology of Calvin , formed the party known , under Elizabeth , as Puritans . The persecution which they endured from the great Tudor queen made the party hostile to the royal pre- rogative , and the mercantile classes in ...
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... followed by the execution of Lords Kenmure and Derwentwater . The Septennial Act , still in force , giving to parliaments a possible duration of seven years instead of three , was an important indirect result of the '15 . The Scottish ...
... followed by the execution of Lords Kenmure and Derwentwater . The Septennial Act , still in force , giving to parliaments a possible duration of seven years instead of three , was an important indirect result of the '15 . The Scottish ...
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... followed by a British share in the victory of Minden , when the second general of that age , Ferdinand of Brunswick , overcame the French . Before the war closed , the two chief colonial towns of Spain , Havana in Cuba , and Manilla on ...
... followed by a British share in the victory of Minden , when the second general of that age , Ferdinand of Brunswick , overcame the French . Before the war closed , the two chief colonial towns of Spain , Havana in Cuba , and Manilla on ...
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... followed by other ves- sels , and they all doubled round upon the hostile ships , and brought part of the enemy under fire on both sides . The French line was completely broken , and thrown into utter disorder by this revived mode of ...
... followed by other ves- sels , and they all doubled round upon the hostile ships , and brought part of the enemy under fire on both sides . The French line was completely broken , and thrown into utter disorder by this revived mode of ...
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