Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334288746
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Excerpt from The Grand Secret of Precipitating the Preliminaries Brought to Light, or a View of the Motives That Induced the Courts of L-N and the Hague to Overlook the Visible Advantages of Continuing the War: With Observations on the Probable Instability of the Ensuing Peace, on the Refined Politics of France, in Restoring Her Conquests, and on the Nature and Value of the Particular Donceur Accruing to Hanover by the Pacification; In a Letter From Amsterdam I don't know in what Light your Na-a tion will take this haf'ty Step towards a general Peace; but if the prefent 1371n be not better broke to the Yoke than th'einancef'cors, and lefs jealous and difcerning than when laft France obliged their Court, as {he does at pretent, with a fet of Preliminaries, I don't'eonceive that your, People will exult any more than your Minifiry, or than we Dutch men, who love Peace in our Hearts for the fake of our Trade, but who would as unwillingly purchafe it too dearly as buy Gold above its intrinfic Value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
