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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... nearly the whole civilized world ; but the world , as then fully known , comprised less than half the area of Europe , a fringe of northern Africa , and a part of south - western Asia . The Russian Empire in modern days is equal in area ...
... nearly the whole civilized world ; but the world , as then fully known , comprised less than half the area of Europe , a fringe of northern Africa , and a part of south - western Asia . The Russian Empire in modern days is equal in area ...
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... home and abroad , save in the United States , forms one great democracy of nearly fifty million souls , subjects of the same benignant rule . Our great Asiatic dependency , the Indian Empire , presents 4 OUR EMPIRE AT HOME AND ABROAD .
... home and abroad , save in the United States , forms one great democracy of nearly fifty million souls , subjects of the same benignant rule . Our great Asiatic dependency , the Indian Empire , presents 4 OUR EMPIRE AT HOME AND ABROAD .
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... nearly twelve hundred years , indicate the slow formation , and bring us to the political birth , of the English nation . The Great Charter , wrung from King John by the armed Norman barons , proclaimed that Eng- land was destined to be ...
... nearly twelve hundred years , indicate the slow formation , and bring us to the political birth , of the English nation . The Great Charter , wrung from King John by the armed Norman barons , proclaimed that Eng- land was destined to be ...
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... , active or quiescent , towards her neighbour , for nearly three centuries . The union of the crowns in the person of James the First of England and Sixth of Scotland would have been productive of ΙΟ OUR EMPIRE AT HOME AND ABROAD .
... , active or quiescent , towards her neighbour , for nearly three centuries . The union of the crowns in the person of James the First of England and Sixth of Scotland would have been productive of ΙΟ OUR EMPIRE AT HOME AND ABROAD .
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... nearly a century , under Stuart rule , England saw herself deposed from her high place among the nations of Europe , save during a brief interregnum , in which the genius of Cromwell , backed by a formidable army and fleet , asserted ...
... nearly a century , under Stuart rule , England saw herself deposed from her high place among the nations of Europe , save during a brief interregnum , in which the genius of Cromwell , backed by a formidable army and fleet , asserted ...
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