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" Continent ; and if any good is ever done there, it must be effected through the King's ministers abroad, and not by those about his person. "
The Correspondence of William Augustus Miles on the French Revolution, 1789-1817 - Page 18
by William Augustus Miles - 1890
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Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of ..., Volume 2

James Harris Earl of Malmesbury - Europe - 1844 - 598 pages
...you confidentially on the present state of affairs. I must premise that I speak from myself alone. Our Principals at home are too much occupied with...to what passes on the Continent ; and, if any good * Mr. Ewart was Secretary to the English Mission at Berlin, under Lord Dalrymple, and transacted most...
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The Christian Remembrancer, Volume 10

Christianity - 1845 - 572 pages
...some trivial adjustment of the balance of Europe. In this spirit writes Lord Malmesbury in 1785:— ' Our principals at home are too much occupied with...me this : and I never yet received an instruction which was worth reading.'— VoL ii. p. 113. With these feelings he was little able to enter into the...
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The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 10

1845 - 592 pages
...trivial adjustment of the balance of Europe. In this spirit writes Lord Malmesbury in 1785:— ' Onr principals at home are too much occupied with the...me this : and I never yet received an instruction which was worth reading.'— VoL ii. p. 113. With these feelings he was little able to enter into the...
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De patriottentijd: hoofdzakelijk naar buitenlandsche bescheiden

Herman Theodoor Colenbrander - Netherlands - 1898 - 404 pages
...zou Pruisen zijn vrijheid van handelen terug hebben, en daarvan zeker ook gebruik maken om zich 1) Our Principals at home are too much occupied with the House of Commons to altend to what passes on the Continent, and, if any good is ever done there, it must be effected through...
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British Diplomats and Diplomacy, 1688-1800

Jeremy Black - History - 2001 - 268 pages
...Harris, delivered a pungent and oft-cited verdict on the need for diplomats to follow their own head: our Principals at home are too much occupied with...his person. Long experience has taught me this; and 1 never yet received an instruction that was worth reading.3 Harris' comment can be supported by reference...
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