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
... character of the New France revealed itself . The system of plunder which the French pursued in Belgium excited English indignation : and when Holland was invaded and the Scheldt declared to be open , the unprincipled and reckless aims ...
... character of the New France revealed itself . The system of plunder which the French pursued in Belgium excited English indignation : and when Holland was invaded and the Scheldt declared to be open , the unprincipled and reckless aims ...
Page ix
... character . And the French were now no longer in the hands of generals who hesitated between the Dauphin , the Duke of Orleans , and the Assembly : who had not decided whether to play the part of a Cromwell or of a Monk . In Carnot ...
... character . And the French were now no longer in the hands of generals who hesitated between the Dauphin , the Duke of Orleans , and the Assembly : who had not decided whether to play the part of a Cromwell or of a Monk . In Carnot ...
Page xxvi
... character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no nearer than when the government , in the previous year , had signified their gracious approval of the constitution of the ...
... character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no nearer than when the government , in the previous year , had signified their gracious approval of the constitution of the ...
Page xxxiii
... character , and from the present situation o1 ars , Burke drew the conclu- sion that no terms which England could accept would be offered . He then passed on to consider how far the minority , in proposing peace , could be considered as ...
... character , and from the present situation o1 ars , Burke drew the conclu- sion that no terms which England could accept would be offered . He then passed on to consider how far the minority , in proposing peace , could be considered as ...
Page xxxv
... character of the new French ambition is the main point of the present Letters : and in this great and central point it may safely be said that Burke was perfectly and invariably right . How the spirit which animated France was aroused ...
... character of the new French ambition is the main point of the present Letters : and in this great and central point it may safely be said that Burke was perfectly and invariably right . How the spirit which animated France was aroused ...
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