The History of England: From the Accession to the Decease of King George the Third, Том 4author, and published, 1841 |
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... necessary to review her situation in comparison with other powers , and particularly those with whom she had been engaged in hostilities . VOL . IV . B CHAP . LIV . 1783 . General view of the late bel- ligerent pow- ers . CHAP . LIV ...
... necessary to review her situation in comparison with other powers , and particularly those with whom she had been engaged in hostilities . VOL . IV . B CHAP . LIV . 1783 . General view of the late bel- ligerent pow- ers . CHAP . LIV ...
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... necessary before a commercial arrange- ment could be formed ; and therefore a proclamation was issued , interdicting direct trade between America and the West Indies , which seems to have given great offence to Dr. Franklin , or at ...
... necessary before a commercial arrange- ment could be formed ; and therefore a proclamation was issued , interdicting direct trade between America and the West Indies , which seems to have given great offence to Dr. Franklin , or at ...
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... necessary , and the state of the public mind did not warrant a hope that such an assent would ever be ob- tained . Separate applications to the different states , for which individuals had served , were suggested ; but it was objected ...
... necessary , and the state of the public mind did not warrant a hope that such an assent would ever be ob- tained . Separate applications to the different states , for which individuals had served , were suggested ; but it was objected ...
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... necessary to Great Britain , after so expensive a war , in which she had been so unjustly attacked , and her interests so basely deserted by those powers who owed her the greatest obligations . The national debt was increased during the ...
... necessary to Great Britain , after so expensive a war , in which she had been so unjustly attacked , and her interests so basely deserted by those powers who owed her the greatest obligations . The national debt was increased during the ...
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... necessary to say that these are the Reports so frequently quoted in preceding pages . The Reports of the Select Committee , besides those made on the 8th May , were eleven in number , the last being made on the 18th of November , 1783 ...
... necessary to say that these are the Reports so frequently quoted in preceding pages . The Reports of the Select Committee , besides those made on the 8th May , were eleven in number , the last being made on the 18th of November , 1783 ...
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