A history of England, from the conclusion of the great war in 1815 [to 1858].Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... Liverpool Glasgow Edinburgh Birmingham The Development of British Commerce . The Colonial Possessions of England Gibraltar Malta The Cape of Good Hope The West Indies Slavery . Wilberforce and the Slave Trade The East Indies The United ...
... Liverpool Glasgow Edinburgh Birmingham The Development of British Commerce . The Colonial Possessions of England Gibraltar Malta The Cape of Good Hope The West Indies Slavery . Wilberforce and the Slave Trade The East Indies The United ...
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... Liverpool • 260 261 • 262 • 268 271 . 272 273 • The Chancellor , Lord Eldon 276 The Home Secretary , Lord Sidmouth 280 The Leaders of the Opposition : Lord Grenville 282 Lord Grey . 286 The Leader of the House of Commons , Lord ...
... Liverpool • 260 261 • 262 • 268 271 . 272 273 • The Chancellor , Lord Eldon 276 The Home Secretary , Lord Sidmouth 280 The Leaders of the Opposition : Lord Grenville 282 Lord Grey . 286 The Leader of the House of Commons , Lord ...
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... Liverpool with a water road . The scheme provoked much greater opposition than the smaller one which had been already carried out . The proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell navigation foresaw that the construction of a canal would lead ...
... Liverpool with a water road . The scheme provoked much greater opposition than the smaller one which had been already carried out . The proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell navigation foresaw that the construction of a canal would lead ...
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Sir Spencer Walpole. one end , Liverpool at the other terminus , of his great CHAP . water road . เ The successful completion of this great work neces- sarily encouraged the commencement of similar under- takings in other places ...
Sir Spencer Walpole. one end , Liverpool at the other terminus , of his great CHAP . water road . เ The successful completion of this great work neces- sarily encouraged the commencement of similar under- takings in other places ...
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... Liverpool in two hours and fifty minutes , or at the rate of twelve miles an hour . In the same year some speculative Jews ran a coach from London to Brighton in six hours . In one of the journeys the coach- man broke three whips , and ...
... Liverpool in two hours and fifty minutes , or at the rate of twelve miles an hour . In the same year some speculative Jews ran a coach from London to Brighton in six hours . In one of the journeys the coach- man broke three whips , and ...
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