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 xxv
... conducted it , Mahomet and Attila must be rolled into one . A peace with France would lay Europe prostrate at the feet of a horde of greedy , cruel , fanatical savages . The grant of his well - earned pension had done something to ...
... conducted it , Mahomet and Attila must be rolled into one . A peace with France would lay Europe prostrate at the feet of a horde of greedy , cruel , fanatical savages . The grant of his well - earned pension had done something to ...
Page xxvii
... conducted both the former nego- tiations on the part of France . Mr. Wickham was to propose a Congress , and to enquire upon what terms France was willing to make peace with England . The proposal for a Congress was at once viewed with ...
... conducted both the former nego- tiations on the part of France . Mr. Wickham was to propose a Congress , and to enquire upon what terms France was willing to make peace with England . The proposal for a Congress was at once viewed with ...
Page xxxiii
... conduct of ine Directory , from its ascertained 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 ...
... conduct of ine Directory , from its ascertained 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 ...
Page xxxix
... conduct it . In either case , Mr. Pitt and his colleagues must lose their places . Burke was equally anxious to avoid this dilemma.` He knew that Windham and Fitzwilliam were not strong enough to form a Ministry : he knew that a ...
... conduct it . In either case , Mr. Pitt and his colleagues must lose their places . Burke was equally anxious to avoid this dilemma.` He knew that Windham and Fitzwilliam were not strong enough to form a Ministry : he knew that a ...
Page 15
... conduct , that more safety was to be found in the most arduous war , than in the friendship of that kind of being . It's hostile amity can be obtained on no terms that do not imply an inability hereafter to resist it's designs . This ...
... conduct , that more safety was to be found in the most arduous war , than in the friendship of that kind of being . It's hostile amity can be obtained on no terms that do not imply an inability hereafter to resist it's designs . This ...
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