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... century and a half , first with the Dutch , then with France , which became the main enemy ; and intermittently ... eighteenth and early nineteenth century , culminating at the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar , brought similar carnage ...
... century and a half , first with the Dutch , then with France , which became the main enemy ; and intermittently ... eighteenth and early nineteenth century , culminating at the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar , brought similar carnage ...
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... century , and the famine in Ireland , had contributed to the dis- persion . By the mid - century , great problems ... eighteenth century ; but they had de- veloped in contrast to the eighteenth - century orthodoxy , and they now gave the ...
... century , and the famine in Ireland , had contributed to the dis- persion . By the mid - century , great problems ... eighteenth century ; but they had de- veloped in contrast to the eighteenth - century orthodoxy , and they now gave the ...
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... eighteenth - century - style constitution on the British model on to these obstinately different societies . It was an attempt at assimilation , following the lessons of the American War , instead of the traditional eighteenth - century ...
... eighteenth - century - style constitution on the British model on to these obstinately different societies . It was an attempt at assimilation , following the lessons of the American War , instead of the traditional eighteenth - century ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
The Island Base | 21 |
The Muscovy Company Persia and | 33 |
Copyright | |
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