| He said to Necker that he desired the States-General because he wanted a guide. |
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| These were disbanded by Maurice, and afterwards by an act of the States-General. |
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| Anon we may send you to Paris to represent us in the States-General. |
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| The Stadtholder was too wary a politician to approbate immediately so sweeping a proposal, and referred it to the States-General. |
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| Malesherbes in those days, and good writers since, held that the only safe plan was to convoke the States-General. |
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| He advised the Regent to convoke the States-General, and declare a national bankruptcy. |
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| It was an experiment to avert the evil day of the States-General. |
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| Every one who is well disposed in the States-General will be there. |
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| The States-General of the League were of a different opinion. |
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| This has not hindered the States-General from adopting also the answer. |
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| The States-General have not yet made answer to the Ambassador. |
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| In critical emergencies, the States-General are often compelled to overleap their constitutional bounds. |
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| The amphictyonic council was certainly not a states-general, in which all national affairs were discussed. |
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| Before he gave an answer he must know, he said, what subvention the states-general would be willing to grant him. |
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| For the purpose of choosing its representatives in the states-general the third estate of Paris had named 300 electors. |
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