Excerpt from Memoirs of the Reign of George III, Vol. 5 of 8: From His Accession, to the Peace of AmiensWhat good or plausible motive can be assigned why France should not have been as well disposed to maintain the relations of peace and amity with Great Britain as with Denmark, Sweden, 'and America, had she conceived that Britain was amicably disposed towards her i In fact, as long as there was the least chance of retaining the friendship, or even the neutrality of England, France shewed herself eager to cherish a close connexion with the British crown, and it was not till she conceived her ad vances to be slighted, and her government insulted, that she displayed any symptoms of resentment.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.