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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Page vi
... government : and its filiation with the Convention justified the transfer to it of the epithet Regicide . The execution of Louis XVI , though of small importance in the internal politics of France , had been the turning point in the ...
... government : and its filiation with the Convention justified the transfer to it of the epithet Regicide . The execution of Louis XVI , though of small importance in the internal politics of France , had been the turning point in the ...
Page viii
... government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians of France to peace and modera- tion . But there was in truth , no ...
... government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians of France to peace and modera- tion . But there was in truth , no ...
Page xi
... government should be formally recognized . The Parliament of Paris should be organized , and it should recognize the Regent according to the ancient laws of the kingdom . The existing powers in France ought to be con- sidered as ...
... government should be formally recognized . The Parliament of Paris should be organized , and it should recognize the Regent according to the ancient laws of the kingdom . The existing powers in France ought to be con- sidered as ...
Page xiv
... government with a firm and genuine devotion : like him , they believed that cause to be disgraced and profaned by the crimes committed by the French government in its name . Like Burke , they believed in an England flourishing at home ...
... government with a firm and genuine devotion : like him , they believed that cause to be disgraced and profaned by the crimes committed by the French government in its name . Like Burke , they believed in an England flourishing at home ...
Page xvi
... government in France ought not to be considered as precluding at that time a negotiation for peace . ' In other words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that government which not only had murdered a mild ...
... government in France ought not to be considered as precluding at that time a negotiation for peace . ' In other words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that government which not only had murdered a mild ...
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