The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke, Volume 5Scholarly Press, 1889 - Great Britain |
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... treaties between Great Britain and France , as a violation of the law of nations , and as an outrage on the Great Charter itself . 17. In the same manner , and with the same heat , he opposed a bill which ( though awkward and inar ...
... treaties between Great Britain and France , as a violation of the law of nations , and as an outrage on the Great Charter itself . 17. In the same manner , and with the same heat , he opposed a bill which ( though awkward and inar ...
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... treaty . " It is to be observed , how- ever , that , in all these debates , Mr. Fox never once stated to the House upon what ground it was he con- ceived that all the objects of the French system of united fanaticism and ambition would ...
... treaty . " It is to be observed , how- ever , that , in all these debates , Mr. Fox never once stated to the House upon what ground it was he con- ceived that all the objects of the French system of united fanaticism and ambition would ...
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... treaty with them , not content with refusing a modification of the decree for insur- rections , they published their ever - memorable decree of the 15th of December , 1792 , for disorganizing ev- ery country in Europe into which they ...
... treaty with them , not content with refusing a modification of the decree for insur- rections , they published their ever - memorable decree of the 15th of December , 1792 , for disorganizing ev- ery country in Europe into which they ...
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... Treaty of Ryswick , in the last century , and at the Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , in this . What- ever the merits of his rule may be in the eyes of neutral judges , it is a rule which no statesman before him ever laid down in favor ...
... Treaty of Ryswick , in the last century , and at the Treaty of Aix - la - Chapelle , in this . What- ever the merits of his rule may be in the eyes of neutral judges , it is a rule which no statesman before him ever laid down in favor ...
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... treaty with the King of Sardinia , of which the recovery of Savoy was the casus foederis . In the teeth of this treaty , Mr. Fox proposed a direct and most scandalous breach of our faith , formally and recently given . But to surrender ...
... treaty with the King of Sardinia , of which the recovery of Savoy was the casus foederis . In the teeth of this treaty , Mr. Fox proposed a direct and most scandalous breach of our faith , formally and recently given . But to surrender ...
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