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Their great interest was in the reports of the cargoes of pepper from Batavia . 50
These Dutch seamen , these councillors at Batavia , the high and mighty in
Amsterdam , the cartographers , the scribblers , and the men who conceived the
ideas ...
Their great interest was in the reports of the cargoes of pepper from Batavia . 50
These Dutch seamen , these councillors at Batavia , the high and mighty in
Amsterdam , the cartographers , the scribblers , and the men who conceived the
ideas ...
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40 The poet Goldsmith saw him exclusively as a dispenser of political interest ,
imputing a rottenness to a political system which exacted that a man of the
learning of Edmund Burke should be obliged to strain his throat to persuade
Tommy ...
40 The poet Goldsmith saw him exclusively as a dispenser of political interest ,
imputing a rottenness to a political system which exacted that a man of the
learning of Edmund Burke should be obliged to strain his throat to persuade
Tommy ...
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49 The idea of New South Wales as a land of opportunity began to take root ,
especially in families with a vested interest in the future of the colony , who began
to discuss New South Wales as a good capital investment because of the cheap
...
49 The idea of New South Wales as a land of opportunity began to take root ,
especially in families with a vested interest in the future of the colony , who began
to discuss New South Wales as a good capital investment because of the cheap
...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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