THE

CAMBRIDGE

MODERN HISTORY

THE

CAMBRIDGE

MODERN HISTORY

PLANNED BY

THE LATE LORD ACTON LL.D.

REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY

EDITED BY

A. W. WARD LITT.D.

G. W. PROTHERO LITT.D.

STANLEY LEATHES M.A.

VOLUME VI

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1909

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