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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
nt atmosphere of the Regency; his tutor, when from the palace-windows he pointed out the multitudes, had said to the royal child, Sire, this people is yours; and as he grew old in profligate sensuality, he joined the mechanism of superstition with the maxims of absolutism, mitigating his dread of hell by the belief, that Heaven is indulgent to the licentiousness of kings. In France, therefore, there was no alliance between the government and liberal opinion, and that opinion migrated from Versailles to the court of Prussia. The renovating intelligence of France declared against Louis the Fifteenth and his system; and, awaiting a chap. XII.} 1757. better summons for its perfect sympathy, saw in Frederic the present hero of light and reason. Thus the subtle and pervading influence of the inquisitive mind of France was arrayed with England, Prussia, and America, that is, with Protestantism, philosophic freedom, and the nascent democracy, in their struggle with the conspiracy of Europ
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition., Chapter 19: (search)
. 466 in April, spite of redoubled misfortunes, chap. XIX.} 1762. should have confidence in the solidity of their existence. If I were the master, we would stand against England as Spain did against the Moors; and if this course were truly adopted, England would be reduced and destroyed within thirty years. But the exhausted condition of France compelled her to seek peace; in February and March, the subject had been opened for discussion through the ministers of Sardinia in London and Versailles; and after passing April in the consideration of plans, early in May Bute was able to submit to Bedford his project. I am glad of the peace as it has been chalked out, said Bedford; a much longer continuance of the war, however relieved by the lustre of farther conquests, is likely to prove fatal to the nation; and in July he accepted the embassy to France, though the appointment was not declared till the first of September. A good peace with foreign enemies, said Hutchinson, from Mass