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 xii
... reason for standing out . Austria had great things at stake : she hoped for the subjection of Suabia and Bavaria , and she had set her heart on the annexation of Alsace . Even if she banished her dreams of conquest , she could not ...
... reason for standing out . Austria had great things at stake : she hoped for the subjection of Suabia and Bavaria , and she had set her heart on the annexation of Alsace . Even if she banished her dreams of conquest , she could not ...
Page xxviii
... reason to distrust the sincerity of the English Ministry . Nor were the English Ministry in truth desirous of peace . The negotiation was a trick to take the wind out of the sails of the Opposition ; and to persuade the country to go on ...
... reason to distrust the sincerity of the English Ministry . Nor were the English Ministry in truth desirous of peace . The negotiation was a trick to take the wind out of the sails of the Opposition ; and to persuade the country to go on ...
Page xxx
... reason . The English Ministry at once seized the opportunity . As soon as the news reached the Cabinet , a note was despatched to the Danish Minister in London , enclosing a request to be deliver- ed to the Directory through the Danish ...
... reason . The English Ministry at once seized the opportunity . As soon as the news reached the Cabinet , a note was despatched to the Danish Minister in London , enclosing a request to be deliver- ed to the Directory through the Danish ...
Page xxxiv
... reason to historical example : and Burke's natural examples were the wars which Britain had waged during the preceding century . Wars , he maintained , must not be judged by the impulse which leads to them , or by the spirit with which ...
... reason to historical example : and Burke's natural examples were the wars which Britain had waged during the preceding century . Wars , he maintained , must not be judged by the impulse which leads to them , or by the spirit with which ...
Page xxxvii
... reason to suppose her indisposed to abuse : and it would have been accomplished , not at the expense of France , but at the expense of all that remained of Austrian influence in the Empire . The history of the failure of the ...
... reason to suppose her indisposed to abuse : and it would have been accomplished , not at the expense of France , but at the expense of all that remained of Austrian influence in the Empire . The history of the failure of the ...
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