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 xiii
... question of the war with France , English public opinion had been passionately divided . Fox had opposed it from the beginning with the utmost force of his eloquence and his autho- rity . It was when this war was looming in the distance ...
... question of the war with France , English public opinion had been passionately divided . Fox had opposed it from the beginning with the utmost force of his eloquence and his autho- rity . It was when this war was looming in the distance ...
Page xiv
... question was debated with redoubled ardour . But the advocates of peace were nowhere . In vain did the calm , penetrating , practical statesmanship of Lansdowne , based upon his unrivalled knowledge of continental affairs , pro- test to ...
... question was debated with redoubled ardour . But the advocates of peace were nowhere . In vain did the calm , penetrating , practical statesmanship of Lansdowne , based upon his unrivalled knowledge of continental affairs , pro- test to ...
Page xvi
... question of England's continuing the war , deserted by all her Allies , raised in Parliament early in 1795 , than petitions in favour of peace poured in from all her seats of commerce , from Southampton , from Manchester , from Hull ...
... question of England's continuing the war , deserted by all her Allies , raised in Parliament early in 1795 , than petitions in favour of peace poured in from all her seats of commerce , from Southampton , from Manchester , from Hull ...
Page xvii
... question was moved , and he was again defeated . It was not a full house : but the majority against him was numerically less . And it was less in moral weight by one vote , that of Wilberforce , who on this occasion divided with the ...
... question was moved , and he was again defeated . It was not a full house : but the majority against him was numerically less . And it was less in moral weight by one vote , that of Wilberforce , who on this occasion divided with the ...
Page xxvii
... question that they were right . Every argument of policy , almost of moral right , justified the French in maintaining this trophy of the famous campaign of '94 . In adding the Belgian Netherlands to France , French states- men might ...
... question that they were right . Every argument of policy , almost of moral right , justified the French in maintaining this trophy of the famous campaign of '94 . In adding the Belgian Netherlands to France , French states- men might ...
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