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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... Given these preliminaries , it was easy to guess what would be the composition of the highest body in the State . If the chicaners and wire - pullers did their best , they could at least return a majority , let public worth and tried ...
... Given these preliminaries , it was easy to guess what would be the composition of the highest body in the State . If the chicaners and wire - pullers did their best , they could at least return a majority , let public worth and tried ...
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... given his vote in the Convention for the death of the King . All the Directors were thus in the strictest sense of the word Regicides . While Carnot was planning the restoration of peace , at the imminent risk of his own head , Burke ...
... given his vote in the Convention for the death of the King . All the Directors were thus in the strictest sense of the word Regicides . While Carnot was planning the restoration of peace , at the imminent risk of his own head , Burke ...
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... at Beaconsfield , he had given striking proof that the power of his pen had not abated . The failure of the Hastings prosecution had bitterly disappointed him : and after the acquittal , he ceased for a time INTRODUCTION. ...
... at Beaconsfield , he had given striking proof that the power of his pen had not abated . The failure of the Hastings prosecution had bitterly disappointed him : and after the acquittal , he ceased for a time INTRODUCTION. ...
Página xxx
... given to Bonaparte . Hardly had the first blow been struck , when the King of Sardinia sued for peace , and opened to French garrisons those famous fortresses which made Piedmont the key of Italy . The Duke of Parma followed his example ...
... given to Bonaparte . Hardly had the first blow been struck , when the King of Sardinia sued for peace , and opened to French garrisons those famous fortresses which made Piedmont the key of Italy . The Duke of Parma followed his example ...
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... given delusive hopes of success , he had even sketched out the limits to which retribution should proceed . He was totally opposed to an amnesty . He was for executing a stern vengeance on the regicides who had sat in the Convention ...
... given delusive hopes of success , he had even sketched out the limits to which retribution should proceed . He was totally opposed to an amnesty . He was for executing a stern vengeance on the regicides who had sat in the Convention ...
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