The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1989 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... British actress . She was the daughter of William Raftor , an Irishman , and was probably born in London . She began to act in 1728 at the Drury Lane Theatre , London , which then was managed by Colley Cibber . In 1731 , after she had ...
... British actress . She was the daughter of William Raftor , an Irishman , and was probably born in London . She began to act in 1728 at the Drury Lane Theatre , London , which then was managed by Colley Cibber . In 1731 , after she had ...
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... British officials what they wanted . To the former , it gave the French law and recognition of Roman Catholicism as their lawful religion at a time when punitive anti - Catholic laws were the rule in other parts of the empire ; to the ...
... British officials what they wanted . To the former , it gave the French law and recognition of Roman Catholicism as their lawful religion at a time when punitive anti - Catholic laws were the rule in other parts of the empire ; to the ...
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... British treasury meant cutting local expenditure to the bone for all alike . The colonial office , separated from the war office since 1854 , was responsible in varying degrees for the administra- tion of the whole empire , other than ...
... British treasury meant cutting local expenditure to the bone for all alike . The colonial office , separated from the war office since 1854 , was responsible in varying degrees for the administra- tion of the whole empire , other than ...
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