Burke: Select Works, Volume 3Clarendon Press, 1926 |
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... Directory . Five years had now passed since Burke had published his famous denunciation of the French Revolution ; and those five years had witnessed portents and convulsions transcending all living ex- perience . The Revolution still ...
... Directory . Five years had now passed since Burke had published his famous denunciation of the French Revolution ; and those five years had witnessed portents and convulsions transcending all living ex- perience . The Revolution still ...
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... Directory . In the midst of all these changes France had been assailed by all Europe in arms . Yet she had shown no signal of distress . Neither the ferocious contests of her leaders , nor their deadly re- venges , nor their gross ...
... Directory . In the midst of all these changes France had been assailed by all Europe in arms . Yet she had shown no signal of distress . Neither the ferocious contests of her leaders , nor their deadly re- venges , nor their gross ...
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... Directory . The new scheme of government differed essentially from the mass of those paper - constitutions which Burke described Sieyes as keeping assorted in the pigeon - holes of his desk . Ostensibly , it was a step in the direction ...
... Directory . The new scheme of government differed essentially from the mass of those paper - constitutions which Burke described Sieyes as keeping assorted in the pigeon - holes of his desk . Ostensibly , it was a step in the direction ...
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... Directory . One Director was to retire every year , the retiring member during the first year being deter- mined by lot . Each Director in his turn was to be President of the Republic for a term of three months . The Directors had ...
... Directory . One Director was to retire every year , the retiring member during the first year being deter- mined by lot . Each Director in his turn was to be President of the Republic for a term of three months . The Directors had ...
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... Directory . But it misre- presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his life . The establishment of the Directory was an opportunity not likely to be lost by ...
... Directory . But it misre- presents Carnot , who resisted while resistance was possible , and at length fell from his elevation , and fled for his life . The establishment of the Directory was an opportunity not likely to be lost by ...
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