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Page 36
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 ...
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 ...
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Mr Thomas Townshend , commonly denominated Tommy Townshend , owed his political career to a very independent fortune and a considerable parliamentary interest , which contributed to his personal no less than to his political elevation ...
Mr Thomas Townshend , commonly denominated Tommy Townshend , owed his political career to a very independent fortune and a considerable parliamentary interest , which contributed to his personal no less than to his political elevation ...
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... the most specious and plausible of opinions.66 By the middle of 1798 he was contrasting the nobility of his own motives , the consideration for the public interest , with the horrid depravity and wickedness of Macarthur's heart .
... the most specious and plausible of opinions.66 By the middle of 1798 he was contrasting the nobility of his own motives , the consideration for the public interest , with the horrid depravity and wickedness of Macarthur's heart .
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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