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But then Hamilton had been guilty of similar indiscretions with pro-English advocates during the Jay’s Treaty negotiations.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

This shady procedure, in which the pro-English press naturally takes the lead, recently aroused Mr. Lansing to make a forceful speech against the unknown originators of these rumors.

From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von

At that time, however, the popular French feeling certainly was not strongly pro-English; for when Major Marchand returned to France in May, 1899, he was received with the most effusive enthusiasm.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)

They think he is too pro-English, but they dislike Harrison.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Cullom, Shelby M.

It was reported to him that whereas the mountains had formerly been pro-Austrian, they had become, since my visit, entirely pro-English.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)