A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815, Volume 1Longmans, Green, and Company, 1879 - Great Britain |
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... continued with short intervals for twenty - four years . During the course of it every power but one deserted in turn the cause which had been undertaken in common ; every power but one suffered the penalty of a French invasion ...
... continued with short intervals for twenty - four years . During the course of it every power but one deserted in turn the cause which had been undertaken in common ; every power but one suffered the penalty of a French invasion ...
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... continued in force till a very recent period . Up to the reign of Henry VI . money was borrowed by the sovereign on his own security . In the reign of Henry VI . , Parliament autho- rised the crown , on four separate occasions , to ...
... continued in force till a very recent period . Up to the reign of Henry VI . money was borrowed by the sovereign on his own security . In the reign of Henry VI . , Parliament autho- rised the crown , on four separate occasions , to ...
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... continued to be maintained , and , in 1 Parl . Return , Sess . 1869 , No. 566 , part i . p . 26 . the years immediately preceding 1706 , it regularly CHAP . 42 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . The Growth of the Revenue since the Revolution •
... continued to be maintained , and , in 1 Parl . Return , Sess . 1869 , No. 566 , part i . p . 26 . the years immediately preceding 1706 , it regularly CHAP . 42 HISTORY OF ENGLAND . The Growth of the Revenue since the Revolution •
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... continued to grow . The net income of the country amounted in 1720 to 6,323,000l . The eighteen succeeding years of Sir Robert Walpole's administration , during which the country uniformly enjoyed the blessings of peace , were , in a ...
... continued to grow . The net income of the country amounted in 1720 to 6,323,000l . The eighteen succeeding years of Sir Robert Walpole's administration , during which the country uniformly enjoyed the blessings of peace , were , in a ...
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... continued at peace , and enjoyed the advantages derivable from peace . Its entire expenditure during 1791-2 ( the last complete year of peace ) , amounted to rather less than 17,000,000l .; and considerably more than one half of this ...
... continued at peace , and enjoyed the advantages derivable from peace . Its entire expenditure during 1791-2 ( the last complete year of peace ) , amounted to rather less than 17,000,000l .; and considerably more than one half of this ...
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