Kings & Desperate Men: Life in Eighteenth-century EnglandA. A. Knopf, 1942 - 323 sivua Life in eighteenth century England in the time of the French Revolution. |
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... peace , for their coun- try's sake . But the Whigs ' profiteering policy had pene- trated so deep that the most devious courses were required to bring the peace about . And after it had been clandes- tinely negotiated with France , it ...
... peace , for their coun- try's sake . But the Whigs ' profiteering policy had pene- trated so deep that the most devious courses were required to bring the peace about . And after it had been clandes- tinely negotiated with France , it ...
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... peace ; and making peace was the one constructive act of his career . He made it in his own way , circuitously ; and though it involved treachery toward the Catalans who were holding out against Philip of Anjou ; even though it involved ...
... peace ; and making peace was the one constructive act of his career . He made it in his own way , circuitously ; and though it involved treachery toward the Catalans who were holding out against Philip of Anjou ; even though it involved ...
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... peace with France . The one he negotiated was good but , in view of England's amazing successes , it was not good enough . Yet on getting his peace terms ratified hung both his own and the King's political future ; and at this point ...
... peace with France . The one he negotiated was good but , in view of England's amazing successes , it was not good enough . Yet on getting his peace terms ratified hung both his own and the King's political future ; and at this point ...
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