Burke, Select Works: Four letters on the proposals for peace with the regicide directory of France. New ed. 1892Clarendon Press, 1892 |
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... Europe . In the eyes of Europe , the establishment of the Directory was the most important incident since the abolition of the monarchy . It confirmed the republican form of government : and its filiation with the Convention justified ...
... Europe . In the eyes of Europe , the establishment of the Directory was the most important incident since the abolition of the monarchy . It confirmed the republican form of government : and its filiation with the Convention justified ...
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... Europe . They had seized Spires , Worms , and Mentz . They had levied contri- butions on the rich city of Frankfort : they had incorporated Savoy with France , by the name of the Department of Mont Blanc : they had annexed the county of ...
... Europe . They had seized Spires , Worms , and Mentz . They had levied contri- butions on the rich city of Frankfort : they had incorporated Savoy with France , by the name of the Department of Mont Blanc : they had annexed the county of ...
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... Europe . The rest of Europe soon followed . Before the summer of 1793 Austria , Prussia , England , Holland , Russia , Spain , and all Italy except the Republics of Venice and Genoa , were at war with the French Republic . Pitted ...
... Europe . The rest of Europe soon followed . Before the summer of 1793 Austria , Prussia , England , Holland , Russia , Spain , and all Italy except the Republics of Venice and Genoa , were at war with the French Republic . Pitted ...
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... Europe . The policy of the Coalition throughout the war was so bad that no French patriot could have wished it worse . Union among them there was none : they had not even united plans for the Flemish campaign . Of the French royalists ...
... Europe . The policy of the Coalition throughout the war was so bad that no French patriot could have wished it worse . Union among them there was none : they had not even united plans for the Flemish campaign . Of the French royalists ...
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... Europe , we shall , by our mistakes , break up a great design into a thousand little selfish quarrels . The enemy will triumph , and we shall sit down under the terms of unsafe and dependent peace , weakened , mortified , and disgraced ...
... Europe , we shall , by our mistakes , break up a great design into a thousand little selfish quarrels . The enemy will triumph , and we shall sit down under the terms of unsafe and dependent peace , weakened , mortified , and disgraced ...
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