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 viii
... 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 common ground of ...
... 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 common ground of ...
Page xiii
... minister to Paris , to treat with the Convention . That motion , which was seconded by Grey , involved the entire question now at stake . Speaking on that motion in his most eloquent mood , and animating the majority by his usual ...
... minister to Paris , to treat with the Convention . That motion , which was seconded by Grey , involved the entire question now at stake . Speaking on that motion in his most eloquent mood , and animating the majority by his usual ...
Page xvi
... Ministers to justify to the house their action in plunging the nation into an un- necessary war with the Convention . Now that the Armed Coalition had failed and dissolved , he returned to the charge . On the 26th of January , 1795 , he ...
... Ministers to justify to the house their action in plunging the nation into an un- necessary war with the Convention . Now that the Armed Coalition had failed and dissolved , he returned to the charge . On the 26th of January , 1795 , he ...
Page xvii
... ministers had always feared the people more than they feared Crown or Assembly - England was making the Regicide Government a mere stalking - horse to cover her greed and her ambition , to gratify a jealousy pent up during twenty years ...
... ministers had always feared the people more than they feared Crown or Assembly - England was making the Regicide Government a mere stalking - horse to cover her greed and her ambition , to gratify a jealousy pent up during twenty years ...
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... ministers and generals of Queen Anne . At the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle , at the first treaty of Paris in 1763 ... ministerial delegate . The transaction was informal : and on other grounds , the French had reason to distrust the ...
... ministers and generals of Queen Anne . At the peace of Aix - la - Chapelle , at the first treaty of Paris in 1763 ... ministerial delegate . The transaction was informal : and on other grounds , the French had reason to distrust the ...
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