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... possession of this Ouady property , English statesmen naturally conceived that the posses- sion of it by France might be productive of embarrassment in diplomatic and political con- tingencies ; and in discussions which ensued between ...
... possession of this Ouady property , English statesmen naturally conceived that the posses- sion of it by France might be productive of embarrassment in diplomatic and political con- tingencies ; and in discussions which ensued between ...
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... the increased influence to be acquired by France from the completion of the Suez Canal , it is to be observed that the French Government have always attached great impor- tance to the possession of influence , especially in the.
... the increased influence to be acquired by France from the completion of the Suez Canal , it is to be observed that the French Government have always attached great impor- tance to the possession of influence , especially in the.
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William Foster Vesey Fitzgerald. tance to the possession of influence , especially in the Levant ; and indeed , where the influence is of the most potent nature , and amounts to an unrestrained power , it particularly suits the genius of ...
William Foster Vesey Fitzgerald. tance to the possession of influence , especially in the Levant ; and indeed , where the influence is of the most potent nature , and amounts to an unrestrained power , it particularly suits the genius of ...
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... possessed force enough , at all events , to pierce the Isthmus of Suez . The idea of making a salt water canal through the Isthmus , which should be , as much as possible , a strait of the sea , belongs to M. de Lesseps himself ...
... possessed force enough , at all events , to pierce the Isthmus of Suez . The idea of making a salt water canal through the Isthmus , which should be , as much as possible , a strait of the sea , belongs to M. de Lesseps himself ...
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... Pharaoh of that day , in order to gratify him , and also Sarah his wife , who , as we are aware , certainly possessed court influence in Egypt , CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY . 53 though why she should have 52 THE SUEZ CANAL , ETC.
... Pharaoh of that day , in order to gratify him , and also Sarah his wife , who , as we are aware , certainly possessed court influence in Egypt , CLEOPATRA AND ANTONY . 53 though why she should have 52 THE SUEZ CANAL , ETC.
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