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Excerpt from Thoughts on the Late Negotiation at Paris; The Causes of Its Failure; The Principles on Which It Ought to Have Been Conducted; And the Means of Its Renewal I n thefe conjectures, and in thefe expeé'tations, the na tion has, however, been egregioufly and fatally mifiaken. However folid may have appeared the grounds or faéls upon which we reafoned, our conclulions have not proved the lefs erroneous. The negotiation from which fuch be neficial efi'efis to Europe and to mankind might have re fulted, has been abruptly and finally broken off. No at tempt to renew it on either fide, to eitplainiatisfaétorily the caufes of rupture, or to heal the breach, has been hitherto made. The momentary unanimity, manifefied in the Houfe of Commons upon the addrefs to the Throne, has given place to mutual reproach, accufation, and afperity. The two countries, and the two parties, after their Ibort and difl'embled approaches towards each other, have te fumed their hoftile attitudes. Every hope or profpeét of immediate peace has vanithed and the vifion to which we have [0 fondly looked, is fucceeded by the melancholy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.