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Page 157
... peace would be good and desirable , and that we must have peace on any terms . ... You call for peace , says the noble lord , you urge the necessity of peace , you insist on peace : then peace you shall have , but such a peace that you ...
... peace would be good and desirable , and that we must have peace on any terms . ... You call for peace , says the noble lord , you urge the necessity of peace , you insist on peace : then peace you shall have , but such a peace that you ...
Page 263
... peace at Leoben : Prussia had made a separate peace at Basle , and had marched off with an army paid for by Pitt , to suppress Kosciusko in Poland . The navy , at Ports- mouth , at Sheerness , and on the high seas , was in a state of ...
... peace at Leoben : Prussia had made a separate peace at Basle , and had marched off with an army paid for by Pitt , to suppress Kosciusko in Poland . The navy , at Ports- mouth , at Sheerness , and on the high seas , was in a state of ...
Page 276
... peace : he sus- tained his reputation by making the worst peace imaginable . This put Pitt in a nasty position , as Fox saw . " How Pitt will defend it , it is difficult to conceive ; but it is universally believed he will ; what ...
... peace : he sus- tained his reputation by making the worst peace imaginable . This put Pitt in a nasty position , as Fox saw . " How Pitt will defend it , it is difficult to conceive ; but it is universally believed he will ; what ...
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