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 v
... monarchy had perished in attempting to compromise with the Revolution . The dethroned King had been tried and executed as a traitor . The Queen and the Princess Elizabeth - had met the same fate . a mere boy , had been slowly murdered ...
... monarchy had perished in attempting to compromise with the Revolution . The dethroned King had been tried and executed as a traitor . The Queen and the Princess Elizabeth - had met the same fate . a mere boy , had been slowly murdered ...
Page vi
... monarchy . It confirmed the republican form of 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 ...
... monarchy . It confirmed the republican form of 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 ...
Page viii
... Monarchy , England had held no regular communication with the French government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians ...
... Monarchy , England had held no regular communication with the French government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians ...
Page xvi
... monarchs and monarchies throughout the world . Grey had stated his motion too categorically . Pitt was deter- mined neither to accept nor to reject it . He honestly wished to end the war : but he did not wish to be driven to it by Mr ...
... monarchs and monarchies throughout the world . Grey had stated his motion too categorically . Pitt was deter- mined neither to accept nor to reject it . He honestly wished to end the war : but he did not wish to be driven to it by Mr ...
Page xxi
... Monarchy , the Church , and the emigrant nobility , he pronounced to be at an end . France had undergone a radical and lasting change . Robespierre and the Convention had passed away : the politicians of France were mending their ways ...
... Monarchy , the Church , and the emigrant nobility , he pronounced to be at an end . France had undergone a radical and lasting change . Robespierre and the Convention had passed away : the politicians of France were mending their ways ...
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