Word: britain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number, were attacked and partially destroyed by the English. Little hope now remained of joining Parma; much less of conquering England. Their one care now was to get home. But to return the way they had come was impossible. Hence they must make their way around Great Britain and so home to Spain. When they got to Scotland the English stopped their harassing warrare and returned home. Thus during the rest of the vovage the Spaniards had to contend against the elements alone; but these were as destructive as the enemy, for only fifty ships and ten thousand men returned...
...Sumner prize of one hundred dollars for 1888 and 1889 has been awarded to Lloyd McKim Garrison of the Law school for a dissertation on "The Probable Influence of the Irish in America on the Friendly Relation between the United States and Great Britain...
...January number, where those two advocates of opposing theories flourished their steels simultaneously and by mutual agreement. Mr. Mills tersely, and with sledge-hammer vigor, answers Mr. Blaine, arguing that protection leads to countless other ills besides the accumulation of wealth in the hands of the few. Great Britain has left us sadly in the lurch, he says, with her free trade. She has swept our vessels from the seas and is now carrying not only her own products to markets, but a large share of those of other countries...