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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... ment . We stood aloof from Europe both in peace and war ; we ratified the conclusions of our reason by enormous sacrifices , and we emerged in 1815 bruised and battered but indisputably the first power in the world , a position which we ...
... ment . We stood aloof from Europe both in peace and war ; we ratified the conclusions of our reason by enormous sacrifices , and we emerged in 1815 bruised and battered but indisputably the first power in the world , a position which we ...
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... king is requested to abide by his engagements with Spain , and that thirty ships of the line are to be commissioned . The Assembly goes beyond this request and orders the equip- ment of forty - five ships of the line besides.
... king is requested to abide by his engagements with Spain , and that thirty ships of the line are to be commissioned . The Assembly goes beyond this request and orders the equip- ment of forty - five ships of the line besides.
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... ment of forty - five ships of the line besides smaller vessels . All parties , Lord Gower says , are agreed on this measure . Two days later Lord Gower reports that although the king and his ministers desire peace a large party in the ...
... ment of forty - five ships of the line besides smaller vessels . All parties , Lord Gower says , are agreed on this measure . Two days later Lord Gower reports that although the king and his ministers desire peace a large party in the ...
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... ment ; the same fear and a desire of profiting by a neutrality may operate , in case a war between England and Spain should be unavoidable in making them discover that Spain has been the aggressor . It is generally supposed that ...
... ment ; the same fear and a desire of profiting by a neutrality may operate , in case a war between England and Spain should be unavoidable in making them discover that Spain has been the aggressor . It is generally supposed that ...
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... ment of a maison militaire for the King and the late publication of Mr Calonne , which is regarded as a manifesto of the Comte d'Artois and the Prince of Condé , have given the greatest alarms to the democratic party , and , as they ...
... ment of a maison militaire for the King and the late publication of Mr Calonne , which is regarded as a manifesto of the Comte d'Artois and the Prince of Condé , have given the greatest alarms to the democratic party , and , as they ...
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