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... succeeded in excluding them from the Moluccas . In other respects , also , the English East India Com-- pany made little progress during the first half of the seventeenth century , and seemed on the point of dissolution . It had not ...
... succeeded in excluding them from the Moluccas . In other respects , also , the English East India Com-- pany made little progress during the first half of the seventeenth century , and seemed on the point of dissolution . It had not ...
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... succeeded in making themselves masters of the coast of Per- nambuco . John Maurice , Count of Nassau , who was sent thither in 1636 , subdued all Pernambuco , as well as some neighbouring provinces ; and by the truce between the States ...
... succeeded in making themselves masters of the coast of Per- nambuco . John Maurice , Count of Nassau , who was sent thither in 1636 , subdued all Pernambuco , as well as some neighbouring provinces ; and by the truce between the States ...
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... succeeded by the unfortunate Lally , and the appearance of Law- rence and Clive , secured the preponderance of the English domi- nation . Masulipatam was taken by the English in 1760 , Pondi- cherry in 1761 , when its fortifications ...
... succeeded by the unfortunate Lally , and the appearance of Law- rence and Clive , secured the preponderance of the English domi- nation . Masulipatam was taken by the English in 1760 , Pondi- cherry in 1761 , when its fortifications ...
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... succeeded Père La Chaise as the King's confessor , resorted to violent measures , and the Car- dinal de Noailles , to clear himself from the suspicion of being a Jansenist , gave his sanction to them . In November , 1709 , the nuns of ...
... succeeded Père La Chaise as the King's confessor , resorted to violent measures , and the Car- dinal de Noailles , to clear himself from the suspicion of being a Jansenist , gave his sanction to them . In November , 1709 , the nuns of ...
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... succeeded in reaching Kintail , and the partial rising of Highlanders which ensued was 1 M. Martin says : " Aucune significa- tion , aucune déclaration de guerre , n'avait eu lieu . " ( Hist . de France , t . xv . p . 94. ) Only the ...
... succeeded in reaching Kintail , and the partial rising of Highlanders which ensued was 1 M. Martin says : " Aucune significa- tion , aucune déclaration de guerre , n'avait eu lieu . " ( Hist . de France , t . xv . p . 94. ) Only the ...
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