The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Volume 3 |
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... peaceful subjects to the latter . This was not much to hope , since it was only expecting that Frenchmen would discover their gratitude for being re- stored to peace and tranquillity , for being freed from a tyrant , and for having ...
... peaceful subjects to the latter . This was not much to hope , since it was only expecting that Frenchmen would discover their gratitude for being re- stored to peace and tranquillity , for being freed from a tyrant , and for having ...
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... peace . They had suffered long and severely from the anticommercial plans of Buonaparte . Peace , and more especially a peace with England , was expected with im- patience and received with gratitude . On these two classes , therefore ...
... peace . They had suffered long and severely from the anticommercial plans of Buonaparte . Peace , and more especially a peace with England , was expected with im- patience and received with gratitude . On these two classes , therefore ...
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... peace- able disposition of Louis , there were in France too many restless spirits , and too great a fondness for national glory : -the consequence was , that the hope of regaining , at least , part of what he had been obliged to give up ...
... peace- able disposition of Louis , there were in France too many restless spirits , and too great a fondness for national glory : -the consequence was , that the hope of regaining , at least , part of what he had been obliged to give up ...
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... peace of Amiens , his first ob- ject was to enter on that famous expedition for our extermination . " But the God of armies , who raises and overturns thrones according to his will , did not , in his justice , consent that this ...
... peace of Amiens , his first ob- ject was to enter on that famous expedition for our extermination . " But the God of armies , who raises and overturns thrones according to his will , did not , in his justice , consent that this ...
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... peace and tranquillity among ourselves , and to exert the same prerogatives which other people have , of making laws for themselves . If , after the free exposition of our sentiments , and the justice of our cause , any power should ...
... peace and tranquillity among ourselves , and to exert the same prerogatives which other people have , of making laws for themselves . If , after the free exposition of our sentiments , and the justice of our cause , any power should ...
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The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to ... Hewson Clarke No preview available - 2015 |
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