Annual Register, 47. köideEdmund Burke 1807 |
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Page 107
... respect to the com- munications lately sent from France , the house would be better able to form an opinion on them when it should be acquainted with their na- ture and extent ; but , at all events , nothing could be lost by our perse ...
... respect to the com- munications lately sent from France , the house would be better able to form an opinion on them when it should be acquainted with their na- ture and extent ; but , at all events , nothing could be lost by our perse ...
Page 109
... respect to the plan of military defence which he proposed last year , though he admitted that its effects , in adding to the numbers of our mi- litary force , had hitherto been very small , yet he was far from thinking it a measure ...
... respect to the plan of military defence which he proposed last year , though he admitted that its effects , in adding to the numbers of our mi- litary force , had hitherto been very small , yet he was far from thinking it a measure ...
Page 110
... respect to our relative situation with the continent , he thought the communication was rather scanty , and should have wished to know to what extent the emperor of Russia was willing to co - operate with us against France , or what ...
... respect to our relative situation with the continent , he thought the communication was rather scanty , and should have wished to know to what extent the emperor of Russia was willing to co - operate with us against France , or what ...
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... respect ; had stated the eagerness of that court to come to a good understanding , and repre- sented the cause of England to be then popular with all ranks of peo- ple in Spain , yet the Spanish go- vernment , goaded as it was all the ...
... respect ; had stated the eagerness of that court to come to a good understanding , and repre- sented the cause of England to be then popular with all ranks of peo- ple in Spain , yet the Spanish go- vernment , goaded as it was all the ...
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... respect and attention ; but he did not think he made out a case sufficiently strong to induce the house to go into the committee he required . Sir William Young contended that the failure of raising the mili- tary force voted by ...
... respect and attention ; but he did not think he made out a case sufficiently strong to induce the house to go into the committee he required . Sir William Young contended that the failure of raising the mili- tary force voted by ...
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