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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... Trade The East Indies The United States PAGE • 76 78 83 90 93 98 · 100 102 . 103 104 105 • 108 • · 110 • 111 112 • 113 • 115 • 116 118 . 122 • • 127 CHAPTER II . Effects of Travelling on Political Life in England The House of Commons ...
... Trade The East Indies The United States PAGE • 76 78 83 90 93 98 · 100 102 . 103 104 105 • 108 • · 110 • 111 112 • 113 • 115 • 116 118 . 122 • • 127 CHAPTER II . Effects of Travelling on Political Life in England The House of Commons ...
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... trade and industry . The ploughshare had been beaten , twenty - four years before , into the sword ; the sword was to be converted into a pruning - hook . The face of Europe had been rudely disfigured by the bloodshed and the burnings ...
... trade and industry . The ploughshare had been beaten , twenty - four years before , into the sword ; the sword was to be converted into a pruning - hook . The face of Europe had been rudely disfigured by the bloodshed and the burnings ...
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... trade . Three times in her history , under the guidance of wise monarchs , she has dictated laws to the whole of Europe . Again and again in her history the follies of her rulers have left her open to her enemies , or exposed her to the ...
... trade . Three times in her history , under the guidance of wise monarchs , she has dictated laws to the whole of Europe . Again and again in her history the follies of her rulers have left her open to her enemies , or exposed her to the ...
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... trade , and their influence . Marlborough , in the days of Anne , had raised his country to the first place in Europe . Walpole , in the days of George I. and George II . , by his incom- parable skill as a financier , and by the ...
... trade , and their influence . Marlborough , in the days of Anne , had raised his country to the first place in Europe . Walpole , in the days of George I. and George II . , by his incom- parable skill as a financier , and by the ...
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... trade . A journey from London to Edinburgh was a more difficult and a more hazardous undertaking than a journey from London to New York is now ; and the traveller , like John- son or Wordsworth , who attempted a tour in the High- lands ...
... trade . A journey from London to Edinburgh was a more difficult and a more hazardous undertaking than a journey from London to New York is now ; and the traveller , like John- son or Wordsworth , who attempted a tour in the High- lands ...
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