Burke, Select Works: Four letters on the proposals for peace with the regicide Directory of France. new ed., rev. 1904Clarendon Press, 1904 |
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... had annexed Dominica , and Grenada , and Tobago , amidst the applause of English merchants and poli- ticians . But England in the present war had been less successful : so little successful , hitherto , that it was beginning.
... had annexed Dominica , and Grenada , and Tobago , amidst the applause of English merchants and poli- ticians . But England in the present war had been less successful : so little successful , hitherto , that it was beginning.
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... present government in France ought not to be considered as precluding at that time a negotiation for peace . ' words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that government which not only had murdered a mild ...
... present government in France ought not to be considered as precluding at that time a negotiation for peace . ' words , England was invited to make a ' Regicide Peace ' — a peace with that government which not only had murdered a mild ...
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... present unnoticed . Except Carnot , the men who were at its head were little known beyond the circle of Parisian politicians . For Burke , the Direc- tory was a mere Committee of the Regicide Convention , inheriting in all fulness its ...
... present unnoticed . Except Carnot , the men who were at its head were little known beyond the circle of Parisian politicians . For Burke , the Direc- tory was a mere Committee of the Regicide Convention , inheriting in all fulness its ...
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... present volume : but it is really the First . The task animated Burke to an extra- ordinary degree . Nothing more gay and vivacious than the first part of this letter ever came from his pen . It breathes at first that spirit of pure and ...
... present volume : but it is really the First . The task animated Burke to an extra- ordinary degree . Nothing more gay and vivacious than the first part of this letter ever came from his pen . It breathes at first that spirit of pure and ...
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... present , it was not Burke's policy to thrust the peace controversy into prominence . Time , unveiling slowly and surely the character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no ...
... present , it was not Burke's policy to thrust the peace controversy into prominence . Time , unveiling slowly and surely the character of the new government , would do more . But the opposition continued the agitation . Peace was no ...
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