FoxConstable & Company, Limited, 1934 - 320 pages |
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Page 107
... French war . Violently Gallophobe , they had to make a sharp distinction between the American war and the French . The one was aggressive , and just as much a civil war as if it had been undertaken against Bristol instead of Boston ...
... French war . Violently Gallophobe , they had to make a sharp distinction between the American war and the French . The one was aggressive , and just as much a civil war as if it had been undertaken against Bristol instead of Boston ...
Page 224
... French con- nections were at an end . The idea that the French revolu- tion was a great blow struck for human liberty was an afterthought . The first years of the French revolution were not wildly exciting to any school of thought . The ...
... French con- nections were at an end . The idea that the French revolu- tion was a great blow struck for human liberty was an afterthought . The first years of the French revolution were not wildly exciting to any school of thought . The ...
Page 242
... French revolu- tion had done in three years , or was yet to do , was harmful to the true cause of liberty . Fox had forgotten the lesson Burke taught him twenty years back - to judge a tree by its fruits . All the fruits of the French ...
... French revolu- tion had done in three years , or was yet to do , was harmful to the true cause of liberty . Fox had forgotten the lesson Burke taught him twenty years back - to judge a tree by its fruits . All the fruits of the French ...
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Addington admiration affairs America better Bill Brooks's Burke Burke's cabinet Chancellor Charles Fox Chatham coalition conduct constitution Crown danger debate declared defence Duke election enemy England favour fighting Fitzpatrick foreign Fox's Foxites France French French revolution friends George the Third Germaine Grafton Grenville hands heart honour Horace Walpole House of Commons India Jacobinism Keppel King King's knew leader liberty lived London Lord Chancellor Lord Holland Lord North Lord Shelburne lost majority ment ministry months motion Napoleon nation never Newmarket once opposed opposition Otchakoff Paris Parliament Parliamentary peace Pitt Pitt's political politicians popular Portland Prime Minister Prince of Wales principles proposed public opinion question reform refused resigned revolution Richmond Rockingham royal Shelburne Shelburne's Sheridan speech success Talleyrand thing thought Thurlow tion Tory Treasury treaty vote Walpole Westminster Whig party whole Wilkes Windham wrote