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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... measure . Two days later Lord Gower reports that although the king and his ministers desire peace a large party in the country is in favour of war . The aristocrats hope to fish in troubled waters , others desire to violate the ...
... measure . Two days later Lord Gower reports that although the king and his ministers desire peace a large party in the country is in favour of war . The aristocrats hope to fish in troubled waters , others desire to violate the ...
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... measures of the English Government in 1792 were occasioned or justified by the fear of their operations unless the whole evidence with regard to them were before us . On June 17 we are informed of two precautionary measures , the ...
... measures of the English Government in 1792 were occasioned or justified by the fear of their operations unless the whole evidence with regard to them were before us . On June 17 we are informed of two precautionary measures , the ...
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... measure of refusing that decree was generally approved : the democratic party rejoice at it as it tends to prove the king's freedom . " ( Nov. 18 ) . This was only true of the moderate democrats . How precarious the king's freedom was ...
... measure of refusing that decree was generally approved : the democratic party rejoice at it as it tends to prove the king's freedom . " ( Nov. 18 ) . This was only true of the moderate democrats . How precarious the king's freedom was ...
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... measures for the defence of the frontier against the German armies . The queen , though she dreaded the invasion of France by foreign troops , urged her brother Leopold to summon a European congress for the settlement of the affairs of ...
... measures for the defence of the frontier against the German armies . The queen , though she dreaded the invasion of France by foreign troops , urged her brother Leopold to summon a European congress for the settlement of the affairs of ...
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... measured terms as the common enemies of Europe and of France . The publication of this letter produced the worst effect . Lord Gower says ( March 2 ) " It remains to be seen whether the Emperor's naming the Jacobins , and marking them ...
... measured terms as the common enemies of Europe and of France . The publication of this letter produced the worst effect . Lord Gower says ( March 2 ) " It remains to be seen whether the Emperor's naming the Jacobins , and marking them ...
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