Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 279W. Blackwood, 1956 - England |
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Unfairly and irrationally , the British have been blamed for this unhappy outbreak , partly because those British officers who knew the South and its people had given frequent and clear warnings that with the approach of independence ...
Unfairly and irrationally , the British have been blamed for this unhappy outbreak , partly because those British officers who knew the South and its people had given frequent and clear warnings that with the approach of independence ...
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Here was the ideal spot from which British naval squadrons could operate against the French fleet at Toulon ; far superior to Gibraltar , which lay a thousand miles from Toulon and lacked a secure anchorage . In 1707 , the British ...
Here was the ideal spot from which British naval squadrons could operate against the French fleet at Toulon ; far superior to Gibraltar , which lay a thousand miles from Toulon and lacked a secure anchorage . In 1707 , the British ...
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During the British occupation the island enjoyed a period of unprecedented prosperity . Justice was properly administered and trade flourished , thanks largely to the English money circulated by the troops which preserved the island ...
During the British occupation the island enjoyed a period of unprecedented prosperity . Justice was properly administered and trade flourished , thanks largely to the English money circulated by the troops which preserved the island ...
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Contents
B | 54 |
A BOW AT A VULTURE BY C | 63 |
A PENTLAND CROSSING BY FREDERICK SLEATH | 96 |
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