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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... England had held no regular communication with the French government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians of France ...
... England had held no regular communication with the French government . The French Minister , however , remained in London : and through him , though unofficially , the English ministry endea- voured to recall the politicians of France ...
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... England coveted her rich possessions beyond seas . Disaster after disaster befell the armies of the Revolution . The Austrian generals , better skilled in tactics and in command of veteran soldiers , quickly rescued Flanders from the ...
... England coveted her rich possessions beyond seas . Disaster after disaster befell the armies of the Revolution . The Austrian generals , better skilled in tactics and in command of veteran soldiers , quickly rescued Flanders from the ...
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... England , the 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 ...
... England , the 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 ...
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... England included , is left open and defenceless on every part , to Jacobin principles , intrigues , and arms . A provisional govern- ment , he insisted , ought to be formed out of the French emigrants , and this government should be ...
... England included , is left open and defenceless on every part , to Jacobin principles , intrigues , and arms . A provisional govern- ment , he insisted , ought to be formed out of the French emigrants , and this government should be ...
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... England and Austria . Austria had a substantial 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 ...
... England and Austria . Austria had a substantial 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 ...
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