 | Charles Napier Robinson - 1894 - 632 sider
...1778." It is worth while to dwell upon this point a little. The undisputed supremacy of England dated from the War of the Spanish Succession. " Before that...after it she was the Sea Power, without any second." And this power rested firmly upon a great Navy and a vast commerce. Let us not fail to note, too, that... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1903 - 708 sider
...possessions in the New World, and had gained mastery of the seas. " Before the war," says Mahan, " England was one of the sea powers; after it she was the sea power, without any second." 4 274. Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland (1707). — The most noteworthy matter in the domestic... | |
 | Albert Perry Walker - 1905 - 606 sider
...Asiento was the opening wedge to History, freedom of trade with the Spanish colonies in America. " Before that war England was one of the sea powers;...it she was the sea power, without any second." This war was a Whig war, a Protestant war, waged against Louis XIV., the supporter of Catholicism and of... | |
 | Albert Perry Walker - 1905 - 604 sider
...Asiento was the opening wedge to History, freedom of trade with the Spanish colonies in America. " Before that war England was one of the sea powers...after it she was the sea power, without any second." WHIGS VERSUS TORIES (1702-1715) terms. The principles of Protestantism, of independence from foreign... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1905 - 876 sider
...possessions in the New World, and had gained mastery of the seas. " Before the war," says Mahan, " England was one of the sea powers ; after it she was the sea power, without any second." 532. Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland (1707). — The most noteworthy matter in the domestic... | |
 | Philip Van Ness Myers - 1906 - 500 sider
...possessions in the New World, and had gained mastery of the seas. " Before the war," says Mahan, " England was one of the sea powers ; after it she was the sea power, without any second." 406. Parliamentary Union of England and Scotland (1707). — The most noteworthy matter in the domestic... | |
 | Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale - 1910 - 390 sider
...Holland. It was in the union of the two, carefully fostered, that England made the gain of sea-power over and beyond all other States; and this gain is...Succession. Before that war England was one of the sea-powers; after it she was the sea-power, without any second. This power also she held alone, unshared... | |
 | Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale - 1910 - 360 sider
...Holland. It was in the union of the two, carefully fostered, that England made the gain of sea-power over and beyond all other States ; and this gain is...Succession. Before that war England was one of the sea-powers ; after it she was tlje. sea-power, without any second. This power also she held alone,... | |
 | Gerard Fiennes - 1918 - 456 sider
...and exclusively associate it; France had had such a navy in 1688, and it had shrivelled like a dry leaf in the fire. Neither was it in a prosperous commerce...distinctly associated with, and dates from, the War of Spanish Succession. Before that war, England was one of the Sea Powers; after it, she was the Sea Power,... | |
 | Hugh Edward Egerton - 1918 - 638 sider
...shipping ruined. The English trade, we are told, increased rather than diminished during the war. " Before that war England was one of the sea powers....she held alone, unshared by friend and unchecked by foe."1 The privilege of carrying negro slaves to Assiento. the Spanish Colonies was further obtained... | |
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Before that war England was one of the sea powers ; after it she was the sea power, without any second. 
