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
... negotiation . Crediting the reports of English sympathizers , the Parisian poli- ticians believed the English Monarchy to be on the verge of a dissolution as complete as that which had befallen their own . They showed no respect to ...
... negotiation . Crediting the reports of English sympathizers , the Parisian poli- ticians believed the English Monarchy to be on the verge of a dissolution as complete as that which had befallen their own . They showed no respect to ...
Page xvi
... negotiation for peace . ' In other words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that ... negotiate immediately , or to negotiate at any definite distance of time . He wished to persuade the nation , at the same ...
... negotiation for peace . ' In other words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that ... negotiate immediately , or to negotiate at any definite distance of time . He wished to persuade the nation , at the same ...
Page xxii
... negotiate for a general peace on just and suitable terms would not fail to be met , on the part of the Government , with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . Briefly , if the Directory stood its ground , and ...
... negotiate for a general peace on just and suitable terms would not fail to be met , on the part of the Government , with an earnest desire to give it the fullest and speediest effect . Briefly , if the Directory stood its ground , and ...
Page xxiv
... negotiate . What the issue of their ne- gotiations might be , depended on the views and the temper of France . If ... Negotiations for peace might at any moment be com- menced and ended : and before England had realized what she was ...
... negotiate . What the issue of their ne- gotiations might be , depended on the views and the temper of France . If ... Negotiations for peace might at any moment be com- menced and ended : and before England had realized what she was ...
Page xxvi
... negotiations should be accelerated . Why did the Ministry delude the nation with the prospect of a peace , while nothing was done , and every day brought news of some fresh success to the arms of the French ? Mr. Pitt could make no ...
... negotiations should be accelerated . Why did the Ministry delude the nation with the prospect of a peace , while nothing was done , and every day brought news of some fresh success to the arms of the French ? Mr. Pitt could make no ...
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