A Metrical History of England Or, Recollections, in Rhyme, Of some of the most prominent Features in our National Chronology, from the Landing of Julius Caesar to the Commencement of the Regency, in 1812. In Two Volumes ... By Thomas Dibdin |
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France seem'd just now for peace disposed,
But Chatham's scrutinizing mind
A compact en famille disclosed,
By which the French, with Spain combined,
Their blended interest to our's opposed,
Pitt said to Britain “Don't be fool'd,”
Pitt's council sage was overrul'd,
And he resign'd.
But Chatham's scrutinizing mind
A compact en famille disclosed,
By which the French, with Spain combined,
Their blended interest to our's opposed,
Pitt said to Britain “Don't be fool'd,”
Pitt's council sage was overrul'd,
And he resign'd.
The French, after making overtures for peace, depending on the private support of Spain, insisted on inadmissable terms; and a treaty, called the Family compact, being entered into between France and Spain, Mr. Pitt proposed hostilities against the latter, which advice being rejected, he, with Lord Temple, resigned.
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