Key words and phrases Maurepas, Vergennes, Meuse, Castries, Maestricht, house of Bourbon, Bondaroi, racter, Lewis XVI, Montbarrey, Bavaria, Joseph II, Low Countries, lord North, Moselle, nister, Malesherbes, Genevese, farmers-general, Cologne |
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 | Cologne - Page 329to deprive the Spaniards of the means of communicating freely with the electorate of Cologne and the other states of the catholic league, ...more pages: 289 300 301 321 322 323 325 326 328 334 |
| Villany - Page 95to procure his Dismissal from the Ministry — Their Manoeuvres to ruin the Credit of the Caisse-d' Escompte — They give a Detail of their Villany. ... |
| Toulouse - Page 159We ought to place at the head of these Jatter, the archbishop of Toulouse, who, without possessing much esteem for the minister of the finances, ...more pages: 172 262 319 |
More | Vienna - Page 289The court of Vienna was no sooner informed of the dispositions of the cabinets of Versailles and London, and of the facts which announced an ...more pages: 230 288 294 295 296 298 299 307 308 322 |
| Dinant - Page 326He may pass the Meuse at ' Namur, occupy Dinant, put it in a state of ' defence, mask Givet and Charlemont by af corps posted to the right of the ... |
| Paris - Page 166This happy pair was mentioned at Paris as an example of conjugal friendship. But how different were their virtues from the manners of the capital and ...more pages: 7 26 65 127 128 129 161 178 267 352 |
| Luxembourg - Page 319J«as that of the chevalier or prince of Luxembourg, who had serye'd1 in" .the navy, and had collected .great information lelative to the fleets, ...more pages: 323 324 330 |
| Ostend - Page 289the establishment of an archduke at Cologne, on condition that he should destroy the fortresses of the Low Countries, Ostend and some others excepted. ... |
| Maastricht - Page 329pbtain Maastricht, he becomes master of th? navigation of the Meuse, and may not only j-esist with advantage the French and Dutch in fhe Low Countries ... |
| Rome - Page 241At the time of his nomination to the administration, Rome had accomplished the destruction of the Jesuits, who were ever the principal supporters of ...more pages: 236 |
| London - Page 289The court of Vienna was no sooner informed of the dispositions of the cabinets of Versailles and London, and of the facts which announced an ...more pages: 87 201 202 242 337 338 |
| Venice - Page 242The despotism of Venice was become more timid than in former ages. At Vienna, Joseph II. meditated the most strange philosophical reforms. ...more pages: 315 |
| Neuss - Page 322In either event, he will establish his principal magazines at Bonn, Cologne, and Neuss. But, not having Maestricht, if he wish to carry on a war in ... |
| Rouen - Page 61The parliament of Rouen had broke out, and made more than vigorous remonstrances on the extension of an impost by virtue of the simple orders of the ... |
| Munich - Page 296The duke of Deux-Ponts, legitimate successor of the elector palatine, deprived of Bavaria by the treaty of Munich, united his particular claims to the ...more pages: 293 |
| Moscow - Page 187In Russia, the party of Moscow. In Holland, the patriotic party ; and in Austria, the party of Joseph II. at l;he death of the vigilant Maria Theresa. ... |
| Grenoble - Page 61The parliament of Grenoble, however, were very clamorous. The parliament of Rouen had broke out, and made more than vigorous remonstrances on the ... |
| Florence - Page 241Naples had thrown off the sacerdotal yoke, and, tollowing the example of Florence and Madrid, VOL. IV. R. |
| Plymouth - Page 337Our fleet was then off Plymouth, which was without defence ; and admiral Cordova anxiously desired to distinguish himself; but count d'Or- villierSi ... |
| Berlin - Page 298At Berlin, she disapproved of the conduct of Joseph II.; at Vienna, she advised him to desist from his intentions on Bavaria : but Joseph took ... |
| Veryi - Page 315tatee&lis Veryi obscure rand t>'elieye.it toybe ejribarraased- with -its latei •usurpations in- Moldavia, jnot ifchowing how to adjudge them. ... |
| Castries - Page 361M. de Castries wisely avoided exacting proofs of nobility for admission into the royal navy, until he was forced to it by the outcries of that body, ...more pages: 128 160 162 203 246 249 255 256 260 261 |
| Philadelphia - Page 338The former sounded privately the cabinet of Versailles, and the latter the congress of Philadelphia, for the pacification of which they laid the first ...more pages: 342 |
| Girardot - Page 93and the same year erasing the names of Girardot and Haller, your friends- a-ritl partners, frewi the list of bankers in the royal almanack. ... |
Popular passages... administrative subjects. The result is a restless and confused criticism which adds constant fuel to the desire felt by the Parliaments to have a hand in the matter. This feeling on their part becomes more and more manifest and they set to work, like all those bodies that wish to acquire power, by speaking in the name of the people, calling themselves defenders of the nation's rights ; there can be no doubt but that, though they are strong neither in knowledge nor in pure love for the well-being... Page 121 ... the elective countries, demanding provincial administration, operated partially and by degrees what the director was incapable of effecting altogether, by reason of the oppositions of the council to that part of his proceedings France was thus changed, by the effect of these silent and prudent measures, from a state of absolute monarchy, to a still more uncertain, and, as it were, preparatory situation ; which, by increasing, in the interior of the provinces, discussions on the rights of proprietaries,... Page 123 XV., who was also weak and easily persuaded, would never have abandoned his favourite correspondence to the discretion of his mistresses or ministers. The conduct of his successor was a lesson for Vergennes and Maurepas. They endeavoured assiduously to conceal this weakness of the monarch, well aware that it might become the radical defect of the state which they had to govern and support. Page 35 A Treatise on the Administration of the Finances of France. In Three Volumes. By Mr. Necker. Translated from the genuine French edition, 1784, by Thomas Mortimer, Esq. (London, Printed at the Logographic Press, 1785). Page 263 ... his provinces the same aids as during the war, and even greater; he who, at the same time, proffered to the monarch's amiable impatience the resources necessary in order to commence, in the midst of war, the improvement of the prisons and the hospitals ; he who indulged his generous inclinations by inspiring him with the desire of extinguishing the remnants of serfage ; he who, rendering homage to the monarch's character, seconded his disposition towards order and economy; he who pleaded for... Page 64 The third year is arrived ; still no talk of imposts j and I believe, that even those which are common in time of war have not been laid on. I conceive, that, in the end, France must have -recourse to imposts ; but those three years saved will extend their benign influence through a whole age. The French people feel the / happiness of having an economical master... Page 175 He has despoiled himself of the magnificence and purple of royalty ; but he has established a navy ; he has reduced the number of his household servants, but he has augmented the number of his sailors ; he has given France such a navy as she never before possessed, and which will immortalise his reign ; and he has established it without laying on a penny of imposts. Page 176 Voltaire, and the philosophers his disciples, have vainly contributed to overthrow, in the course of a few years, what our fathers held in veneration. That religion, and those gods, •which you imagine ineffectual, abased, and annihilated, are again rising around us. Page 370 I must tell you plainly, that, from the manner in which I treated him, and from his leaving me as he did, I cannot think of taking him again into my service, in any situation. As for the rest, sir, do not suppose that your friendship for him has done you any injury in my mind. Page 261 Your majesty is able to judge of the evident effect of such a number of writings, since you have had the goodness to show me, several times, that your majesty was employed in reading them. Page 194 LessContents | 180 | | | | | 185 | | | | | 193 | | | | | 201 | | | | | 213 | | | | | 222 | | | | | 224 | | | | | 233 | | | |
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