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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... Directory stood its ground , and wished for peace , Mr. Pitt would make peace with the Directory . Mr. Pitt spoke to the same effect in the Debate on the Address . Five months before , Mr. Pitt had declared his resolution not to ...
... Directory stood its ground , and wished for peace , Mr. Pitt would make peace with the Directory . Mr. Pitt spoke to the same effect in the Debate on the Address . Five months before , Mr. Pitt had declared his resolution not to ...
Página xxvi
... Directory . The opposition , pushing their success , demanded that the peace negotiations should be accelerated . Why did the Ministry delude the nation with the prospect of a peace , while nothing was done , and every day brought news ...
... Directory . The opposition , pushing their success , demanded that the peace negotiations should be accelerated . Why did the Ministry delude the nation with the prospect of a peace , while nothing was done , and every day brought news ...
Página xxvii
... Directory de- clared that if England made the restoration of the Austrian Netherlands a condition of peace , negotiation must be at an end . The Netherlands were now part of France . They had been incorporated with the Republic by a law ...
... Directory de- clared that if England made the restoration of the Austrian Netherlands a condition of peace , negotiation must be at an end . The Netherlands were now part of France . They had been incorporated with the Republic by a law ...
Página xxxi
... Directory to sacrifice the Austrian Netherlands to ensure the stability of the new con- stitution . But might the Directory not suppose that the renewal of the negotiations by England indicated a disposition to concede this very point ...
... Directory to sacrifice the Austrian Netherlands to ensure the stability of the new con- stitution . But might the Directory not suppose that the renewal of the negotiations by England indicated a disposition to concede this very point ...
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... Directory . In the counsels which projected this crusade against the liberties of Europe there was no halt or hesitation . Europe might sue for peace : the Directory could afford to refuse it , and ultimately to impose on Europe its own ...
... Directory . In the counsels which projected this crusade against the liberties of Europe there was no halt or hesitation . Europe might sue for peace : the Directory could afford to refuse it , and ultimately to impose on Europe its own ...
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