Burke, Select Works, Volume 3Clarendon Press, 1904 - 328 páginas |
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Página ix
... British ships occupied Toulon , seized the French islands in the West Indies , and did not even spare the petty fishing stations of St. Pierre and Miquelon , which were all that remained to the French of their vast and rich titular ...
... British ships occupied Toulon , seized the French islands in the West Indies , and did not even spare the petty fishing stations of St. Pierre and Miquelon , which were all that remained to the French of their vast and rich titular ...
Página x
... British contingent was falling back on Gröningen and Friesland : and it at length retired to German soil , and sailed homeward . The French had conquered the key of Europe . The policy of the Coalition throughout the war was so bad that ...
... British contingent was falling back on Gröningen and Friesland : and it at length retired to German soil , and sailed homeward . The French had conquered the key of Europe . The policy of the Coalition throughout the war was so bad that ...
Página xiii
... British in- terests , ' as the phrase now goes , would have lost nothing by a peace . On the contrary , they would have gained : for what England had won beyond seas , she might , if she were so minded , have retained . On the question ...
... British in- terests , ' as the phrase now goes , would have lost nothing by a peace . On the contrary , they would have gained : for what England had won beyond seas , she might , if she were so minded , have retained . On the question ...
Página xv
... British Islands only excepted . So long as the Allies were successful , the war was popular enough . When the Coalition was defeated , and that process of defection began which ultimately left England standing alone against the ...
... British Islands only excepted . So long as the Allies were successful , the war was popular enough . When the Coalition was defeated , and that process of defection began which ultimately left England standing alone against the ...
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... British Ministry held out the hand of conciliation , and each time they had been met with a haughty rebuff . Yet the ... British plenipotentiary return unsuccessful , a great step would have been gained . The old war - cry might then be ...
... British Ministry held out the hand of conciliation , and each time they had been met with a haughty rebuff . Yet the ... British plenipotentiary return unsuccessful , a great step would have been gained . The old war - cry might then be ...
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