The Despatches of Earl Gower, English Ambassador at Paris from June 1790 to August 1792: To which are Added the Despatches of Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Monro, and the Diary of Viscount Palmerston in France During July and August 1791, Now Published for the First Time |
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... letter from the Duke to the Comte d'Artois found in his pockets . His first despatch introduces us to the ... letters with him . Notwithstanding this , the diplomatic body think it well to assist at the fête of the federation , which ...
... letter from the Duke to the Comte d'Artois found in his pockets . His first despatch introduces us to the ... letters with him . Notwithstanding this , the diplomatic body think it well to assist at the fête of the federation , which ...
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... letter of December 3 , 1790 , informs us of one of the most important moments of the Revolution . The National Assembly has passed a decree obliging the clergy to take the civic oath , and all those who do not comply are to lose their ...
... letter of December 3 , 1790 , informs us of one of the most important moments of the Revolution . The National Assembly has passed a decree obliging the clergy to take the civic oath , and all those who do not comply are to lose their ...
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... letter of the spy Colonel Monro , who watched the slaughter with his own eyes for two hours on Monday evening . Col. Monro's letters are extremely interesting , and they are the fuller because no public journals were likely to narrate ...
... letter of the spy Colonel Monro , who watched the slaughter with his own eyes for two hours on Monday evening . Col. Monro's letters are extremely interesting , and they are the fuller because no public journals were likely to narrate ...
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... letter Monro has to announce that the king is condemned to death ( p . 280 ) . This was a great surprise . " Few , " he says , " of the members who went to the National Convention on Thursday morning with a positive resolution voted as ...
... letter Monro has to announce that the king is condemned to death ( p . 280 ) . This was a great surprise . " Few , " he says , " of the members who went to the National Convention on Thursday morning with a positive resolution voted as ...
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... letter of credence , you are to repair to Dover where you are to embark for Calais , from whence you are to proceed with all convenient speed to Versailles or to such other place as our good brother , the most Christian King shall keep ...
... letter of credence , you are to repair to Dover where you are to embark for Calais , from whence you are to proceed with all convenient speed to Versailles or to such other place as our good brother , the most Christian King shall keep ...
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