"Rapprochement" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sovereignty of the Netherlands to Henry; he dallied with them, but finally rejected the offer. Meanwhile, there was an increased tendency to a rapprochement with England; but Elizabeth had excellent reasons for being quite resolved not to accept the sovereignty of the Netherlands. In France, matters came to a head in March 1585, when the offer of the Estates was ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol XII. - Modern History • Arthur Mee
... to the Italian Envoy at Frankfort that the language of Schleinitz, the new Foreign Minister, is less favourable than that of his predecessor. The Cabinet do not feel the same antipathy to Austria as that of Manteuffel did; German ideas have brought about a rapprochement. ...
— Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire • James Wycliffe Headlam |
