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 xv
... , and Grenada , and Tobago , amidst the applause of English merchants and poli- ticians . But England in the present war had been less successful : so little successful , hitherto , that it was beginning INTRODUCTION. ...
... , and Grenada , and Tobago , amidst the applause of English merchants and poli- ticians . But England in the present war had been less successful : so little successful , hitherto , that it was beginning INTRODUCTION. ...
Page xx
... present unnoticed . Except Carnot , the men who were at its head were little known beyond the circle of Parisian ... presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his ...
... present unnoticed . Except Carnot , the men who were at its head were little known beyond the circle of Parisian ... presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his ...
Page xxv
... present volume : but it is really the First . The task animated Burke to an extra- ordinary degree . Nothing more gay and vivacious than the first part of this letter ever came from his pen . It breathes at first that spirit of pure and ...
... present volume : but it is really the First . The task animated Burke to an extra- ordinary degree . Nothing more gay and vivacious than the first part of this letter ever came from his pen . It breathes at first that spirit of pure and ...
Page xxvi
... present , it was not Burke's policy to thrust the peace controversy into prominence . Time , unveiling slowly and surely the character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no ...
... present , it was not Burke's policy to thrust the peace controversy into prominence . Time , unveiling slowly and surely the character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no ...
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... present negotiation could be thwarted , the peril of a French alliance would be nearly over . Should the French Government only maintain its insolent attitude , and the British plenipotentiary return unsuccessful , a great step would ...
... present negotiation could be thwarted , the peril of a French alliance would be nearly over . Should the French Government only maintain its insolent attitude , and the British plenipotentiary return unsuccessful , a great step would ...
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