A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1878 - Great Britain |
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... OF THE RIGHT HON . SPENCER PERCEVAL IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. NOTHERT NOV ' 878 BODL EIANA . " LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1878 226 . All rights reserved 540 PREFACE . THESE two volumes form the commencement of a.
... OF THE RIGHT HON . SPENCER PERCEVAL IN TWO VOLUMES VOL . I. NOTHERT NOV ' 878 BODL EIANA . " LONDON LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . 1878 226 . All rights reserved 540 PREFACE . THESE two volumes form the commencement of a.
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Sir Spencer Walpole. PREFACE . THESE two volumes form the commencement of a His- tory of England which , it is proposed , should extend from the conclusion of the great European War in 1815 to a very recent time . No other period of ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. PREFACE . THESE two volumes form the commencement of a His- tory of England which , it is proposed , should extend from the conclusion of the great European War in 1815 to a very recent time . No other period of ...
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... commencement of the war remained the five great powers at its close . Millions of lives had been wasted ; untold treasure had been expended ; the progress of civilisation had been checked ; nearly every power on the Continent had been ...
... commencement of the war remained the five great powers at its close . Millions of lives had been wasted ; untold treasure had been expended ; the progress of civilisation had been checked ; nearly every power on the Continent had been ...
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... commencement to the close of the struggle . England alone was saved from the humiliation of invasion . Yet Englishmen can look back at the earlier events of the war with only slight satisfaction . The brilliant victories at sea , which ...
... commencement to the close of the struggle . England alone was saved from the humiliation of invasion . Yet Englishmen can look back at the earlier events of the war with only slight satisfaction . The brilliant victories at sea , which ...
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