Annual Register, Volume 49Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1809 - History |
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... Britain , a communication replete with the most base and injurious calumnies.— Another practice of the same in- veterate malice and unprincipled audacity , was the contradiction of one of the French plenipotentiaries , to the report the ...
... Britain , a communication replete with the most base and injurious calumnies.— Another practice of the same in- veterate malice and unprincipled audacity , was the contradiction of one of the French plenipotentiaries , to the report the ...
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... Britain would have induced Buona . parte to stop his victorious army ? If Buonaparte , after making a se- parate peace , had stated that Great Britain , who had been the means of exciting the flames of war all over the continent , had ...
... Britain would have induced Buona . parte to stop his victorious army ? If Buonaparte , after making a se- parate peace , had stated that Great Britain , who had been the means of exciting the flames of war all over the continent , had ...
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... Britain and Russia were inseparable ; at length agreed to the negotiation to be carried on conjointly for the in . terests of Russia and Great Britain , They refused to agree to the terms asked on behalf of Russia , and again offered ...
... Britain and Russia were inseparable ; at length agreed to the negotiation to be carried on conjointly for the in . terests of Russia and Great Britain , They refused to agree to the terms asked on behalf of Russia , and again offered ...
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... Britain that she already possesses . - Lord Sid mouth , further , put the question , what was it that caused a temporary suspension of the negotiation ? Was it any demur on the part of the French government on the point of uti ...
... Britain that she already possesses . - Lord Sid mouth , further , put the question , what was it that caused a temporary suspension of the negotiation ? Was it any demur on the part of the French government on the point of uti ...
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... Britain , communication replete with th most base and injurious calumnies . - Another practice of the same in veterate malice and unprinciple audacity , was the contradiction c one of the French plenipotentiaries to the report the earl ...
... Britain , communication replete with th most base and injurious calumnies . - Another practice of the same in veterate malice and unprinciple audacity , was the contradiction c one of the French plenipotentiaries to the report the earl ...
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