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... formed during the reign of Elizabeth was the East India Com- pany , established by charter , 31st December , 1600 , for the purpose of carrying on a direct trade with the East Indies . In this enter- prise , however , we had been ...
... formed during the reign of Elizabeth was the East India Com- pany , established by charter , 31st December , 1600 , for the purpose of carrying on a direct trade with the East Indies . In this enter- prise , however , we had been ...
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... formed , and , in 1598 , eighty vessels were despatched to the East and West Indies , to the coast of Africa , and even to the Pacific Ocean , in squadrons of from four to eight vessels , completely armed , and some provided with troops ...
... formed , and , in 1598 , eighty vessels were despatched to the East and West Indies , to the coast of Africa , and even to the Pacific Ocean , in squadrons of from four to eight vessels , completely armed , and some provided with troops ...
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... formed to convert France into an elective monarchy , like the Empire , and to establish each great lord as an hereditary Prince in his government . It was thought that many towns as well as nobles might be drawn into the plot , nay ...
... formed to convert France into an elective monarchy , like the Empire , and to establish each great lord as an hereditary Prince in his government . It was thought that many towns as well as nobles might be drawn into the plot , nay ...
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... formed a magnificent scheme for the reconstruction of Europe , which for the liberality , as well as for the boldness and originality of its principles , may bear away the palm from the visionary projects often agitated in our own days ...
... formed a magnificent scheme for the reconstruction of Europe , which for the liberality , as well as for the boldness and originality of its principles , may bear away the palm from the visionary projects often agitated in our own days ...
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... formed the foundation of the Spanish scheme , were to be substituted a mutual toleration between Papists and Protestants and the suppression of all persecution . Foreign wars and domestic revolutions , as well as all religious disputes ...
... formed the foundation of the Spanish scheme , were to be substituted a mutual toleration between Papists and Protestants and the suppression of all persecution . Foreign wars and domestic revolutions , as well as all religious disputes ...
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Page 427 - King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between King and people, and, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, having violated the fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, had abdicated the government, and that the throne had thereby become vacant.