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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... party , had fled from French soil to spread terror and indignation through Europe . Meanwhile , the destinies of France had been shaped by successive groups of eager and unscrupulous poli- ticians . Those whom Burke had early denounced ...
... party , had fled from French soil to spread terror and indignation through Europe . Meanwhile , the destinies of France had been shaped by successive groups of eager and unscrupulous poli- ticians . Those whom Burke had early denounced ...
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... party of the Stadtholder had long maintained with great difficulty a doubtful ascendancy . The French sympathizers at once took fresh heart : and through- out Holland the approach of the French produced a powerful revival of the ...
... party of the Stadtholder had long maintained with great difficulty a doubtful ascendancy . The French sympathizers at once took fresh heart : and through- out Holland the approach of the French produced a powerful revival of the ...
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... party to which he had formerly been bound by his convictions , his personal associations , and his public acts during a career of nearly thirty years . Fox had denounced the war even before it began . On the 15th December , 1792 , he ...
... party to which he had formerly been bound by his convictions , his personal associations , and his public acts during a career of nearly thirty years . Fox had denounced the war even before it began . On the 15th December , 1792 , he ...
Page xiv
... party : the Portlands , the Fitzwilliams , and the Windhams . Like Burke , these men served the cause of general liberty and good government with a firm and genuine devotion : like him , they believed that cause to be disgraced and ...
... party : the Portlands , the Fitzwilliams , and the Windhams . Like Burke , these men served the cause of general liberty and good government with a firm and genuine devotion : like him , they believed that cause to be disgraced and ...
Page xx
... party who had dominated in the Convention , and succeeded in dominating in the Directory . But it misre- presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his life . The ...
... party who had dominated in the Convention , and succeeded in dominating in the Directory . But it misre- presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his life . The ...
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