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" The interest of the king of England is to keep France from being too great on the continent ; and the French interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea. — The French have pursued their interest well. "
Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor [3 ...
edited by - 2004 - 1791 pages
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Debates of the House of Commons: From the Year 1667 to the Year 1694, Volume 2

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1763 - 474 pages
...fay, having been fo ufed, that we are abfolved from an alliance fo ill maintained — The intereft of the King of England is to keep France from being too great on. the Continent, and the French intereft is to keep us from being mailers of the Sea— The French havepurfued that intereft well —...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Charles the Second, King ...

William Harris - Great Britain - 1766 - 418 pages
...having been fo ufed, ' that we are abfolved from an alliance fo ill maintained. ' — The intereft of the King of England is to keep ' France from being too great on the continent j and the * French intereft is to keep us from being mafters of the * fea. — The French have purfued...
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The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ...

William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1808 - 842 pages
...casuist will say, having been so used, that we are absolved from an alliance <•<> ill maintained ; the interest of the king of England is to keep France...interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea ; the French have punned that interest well ; moves to insert in the Question, ' unless it shall appear...
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The Parliamentary History of England from the Earliest Period to ..., Volume 4

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1808 - 740 pages
...absolved from «n alliance so ill maintained; the interest of the king of England is to keep Frunce from being too great on the continent, and the French...interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea ; the French have pursued that interest well ; moves to insert in the Question, ' unless it thall appear...
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An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of ..., Volume 5

William Harris - 1814 - 396 pages
...casuist will say, having been so used, that we are absolved from an alliance so ill maintained. — The interest of the king of England is to keep France...interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea. — The French have pursued their interest well. — Martel has fought too much, or said too much,...
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England Under the Restoration (1660-1688)

Thora Guinevere Stone - Great Britain - 1923 - 286 pages
...highly of the Dutch nor meanly of ourselves but that we may do well without the King of France, . . . The French interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea; the French have pursued that interest well; moves to insert in the Question, " unless it shall appear...
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Nation, State and the Economy in History

Alice Teichova, Herbert Matis - History - 2003 - 478 pages
...structures and grand strategies for the growth of the British economy, 1688—1815 Patrick K. O'Brien The interest of the King of England is to keep France...interest is to keep us from being masters of the sea. Sir William Coventry, 1673 STATE AND ECONOMY, l688-l8l5 After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, a stable...
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