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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition., Chapter XXI (search)
he himself should do it. If I must have war, he answered, it shall not be with my children; and he immediately began to enlist on his side the sympathies of the dispassionate. From Chap XXI.} the banks of the Danube, the Tagus, and the Po, his armies had been driven back into the confines of his own kingdom. France could not threaten England with a king, or Holland with conquest, or the emperor with a dispute for power in the empire. The party of peace grew every day. Besides, the archduke Charles, whom the allies had proposed as king of Spain, was, by the death of Joseph, become emperor. If the sovereign over the Austrian dominions, and head of the empire, should also possess the undivided Spanish monarchy, the days of Charles V. would return, and the balance of power be as far removed as ever. The debility of France became its safety, and the success of the archduke was the prevailing motive for neglecting his claims. Moreover, success in arms had, in 1710, under the auspi