History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852, Volume 2W. Blackwood and sons, 1853 - Europe |
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... whole trade with the colonies to the merchants and shipping of the mother country , especially those of Cadiz and Corunna , whom its immense profits had long elevated to the rank of merchant princes . Here the radical selfishness and ...
... whole trade with the colonies to the merchants and shipping of the mother country , especially those of Cadiz and Corunna , whom its immense profits had long elevated to the rank of merchant princes . Here the radical selfishness and ...
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... whole advantages of their own colonies , and CHAP . great part of those of Spain , by supplying the former directly , and the latter by the merchants of Cadiz and Co- runna , or the contraband trade in the West Indies , with the greater ...
... whole advantages of their own colonies , and CHAP . great part of those of Spain , by supplying the former directly , and the latter by the merchants of Cadiz and Co- runna , or the contraband trade in the West Indies , with the greater ...
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... whole extent , and in all the rural districts , at least , exer- cised an unlimited sway over the minds of their flocks . Essentially obedient to the voice of their spiritual chiefs , which was everywhere governed by the commands ...
... whole extent , and in all the rural districts , at least , exer- cised an unlimited sway over the minds of their flocks . Essentially obedient to the voice of their spiritual chiefs , which was everywhere governed by the commands ...
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... whole year round in Madrid , they had none of that sway over the minds of their tenantry which is enjoyed by landed proprietors who have attached them by a series of kind acts during many generations : intrusted with no political power ...
... whole year round in Madrid , they had none of that sway over the minds of their tenantry which is enjoyed by landed proprietors who have attached them by a series of kind acts during many generations : intrusted with no political power ...
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... whole revenue , at that period , of the Spanish crown . It is true , about £ 7,500,000 of this sum was absorbed in expenses connected with the colonies themselves , leaving only £ 2,000,000 available to the royal treasury at Madrid ...
... whole revenue , at that period , of the Spanish crown . It is true , about £ 7,500,000 of this sum was absorbed in expenses connected with the colonies themselves , leaving only £ 2,000,000 available to the royal treasury at Madrid ...
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