 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - Presidents - 1836 - 600 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation ; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...our envoys ; and which, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best cumstances, without commitment. In plainer... | |
 | George Washington, Jared Sparks - United States - 1839 - 596 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation ; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...our envoys ; and which, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best. Had we approached the ante-chamber of this... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 960 pages
...Government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation. On the contrary, that M. Talleyrand wns playing the same loose and roundabout game he had attempted the year before, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best. Had we approached... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1859 - 468 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation: on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best." Before the senate decided on the nomination of Mr. Murray, two other persons were associated with him... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1859 - 524 pages
...direct overture from the government of Franqe to that of the United States for a negotiation; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...our envoys; and which, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best." Before the Senate decided on the nomination... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 804 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation ; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...of this gentleman when he opened the door to us," he continued, " and there waited for a formal invitation into the interior, the governments would have... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1862 - 464 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation ; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...our envoys ; and which, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best." Oliver Ellsworth and Patrick Henry. The... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1865 - 466 pages
...direct overture from the government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation; on the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...our envoys ; and which, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best." Before the Senate decided on the nomination... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 966 pages
...same loose and roundabout game he had attempted the year before, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would subserve his purposes best. Had...gentleman when he opened the door to us, and there waited for a formal invitation into the interior, the governments would have met upon equal ground,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1865 - 954 pages
...direct overture from the Government of France to that of the United States for a negotiation. On the contrary, that M. Talleyrand was playing the same...roundabout game he had attempted the year before, as in that case, might mean any thing or nothing, as would Bubserve his purposes best. Had we approached... | |
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But far, very far indeed was this surprise short of what I experienced the next day, when, by a very intelligent gentleman, immediately from Philadelphia, I was informed, that there had been no direct overture from the government of France to that of... 
