The Manuscripts of J.B. Fortescue ...: Preserved at Dropmore [being Correspondence and Papers of Lord Grenville 1698-1820], Volume 5H.M. Stationery Office, 1906 - Great Britain |
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Page viii
... doubt of a general desire among people of every shade of opinion to rid themselves of the oppressive yoke of France ; of disaffection in the Dutch army and navy ; of the reduction of the French garrison to a mere handful of troops ; of ...
... doubt of a general desire among people of every shade of opinion to rid themselves of the oppressive yoke of France ; of disaffection in the Dutch army and navy ; of the reduction of the French garrison to a mere handful of troops ; of ...
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... doubts , in the first place , whether we had better enter into any detailed concert with Austria ; and in the second place , whether more advantage might not be had by my continuing here , at least until all idea of military ...
... doubts , in the first place , whether we had better enter into any detailed concert with Austria ; and in the second place , whether more advantage might not be had by my continuing here , at least until all idea of military ...
Page 4
... doubts about naming the Stadtholder in the first efforts to be made in that country . I do not apprehend there is any finesse on his part in declaring that opinion , but I presume that his information leads him really to believe that ...
... doubts about naming the Stadtholder in the first efforts to be made in that country . I do not apprehend there is any finesse on his part in declaring that opinion , but I presume that his information leads him really to believe that ...
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... doubt but that in point of facility of communication in winter , and nearer and more direct route to the middle of Germany , Nordea would have the advantage : but how far the consideration of its being Prussian instead of Hamburgois is ...
... doubt but that in point of facility of communication in winter , and nearer and more direct route to the middle of Germany , Nordea would have the advantage : but how far the consideration of its being Prussian instead of Hamburgois is ...
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... doubt , dispute , or cavil , and so it is understood between Count Haugwiz and myself . I have however most earnestly to entreat you to send back such a secret article as would meet your ideas upon this subject , because I distrust my ...
... doubt , dispute , or cavil , and so it is understood between Count Haugwiz and myself . I have however most earnestly to entreat you to send back such a secret article as would meet your ideas upon this subject , because I distrust my ...
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