The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumen8John Ballantyne and Company, 1817 |
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... Battle of Tolentino . Murat's Defeat and disastrous Retreat - He is intercepted at Saint Germano by General Nugent - His Rear - guard destroyed . Flies alone to Naples - And from thence to France . General Insurrection in Na- ples and ...
... Battle of Tolentino . Murat's Defeat and disastrous Retreat - He is intercepted at Saint Germano by General Nugent - His Rear - guard destroyed . Flies alone to Naples - And from thence to France . General Insurrection in Na- ples and ...
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... Battle at Namur . Grouchy escapes to Laon . Advance of the Allies . Capture of Avesnes by the Prussians - Their Severity to the French . Moderation of the British - Who take Cambray and Peronne . French Commis- sioners come to treat of ...
... Battle at Namur . Grouchy escapes to Laon . Advance of the Allies . Capture of Avesnes by the Prussians - Their Severity to the French . Moderation of the British - Who take Cambray and Peronne . French Commis- sioners come to treat of ...
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... the price of bullion rose to its former height , and again fell after the battle of Waterloo . These fluctuations were certainly attended by corresponding varieties in the course of exchange СНАР . 4.1 61 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
... the price of bullion rose to its former height , and again fell after the battle of Waterloo . These fluctuations were certainly attended by corresponding varieties in the course of exchange СНАР . 4.1 61 HISTORY OF EUROPE .
Página 66
... battle of Leipsic , in autumn 1813 , that the fall became great and rapid ; and by that time it was confi- dently expected , that the contest would very soon be at an end . The fall in the price of grain arose from the concurrence of ...
... battle of Leipsic , in autumn 1813 , that the fall became great and rapid ; and by that time it was confi- dently expected , that the contest would very soon be at an end . The fall in the price of grain arose from the concurrence of ...
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... battle , or who have served only in the emigrant bands of Condé , or among the insurgent Chouans and Vendeans , What security have you against being disbanded on a day's notice ? And if the obligations of the government to you bind them ...
... battle , or who have served only in the emigrant bands of Condé , or among the insurgent Chouans and Vendeans , What security have you against being disbanded on a day's notice ? And if the obligations of the government to you bind them ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 273 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Página 335 - A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people.
Página 359 - ... improved into liberal arrangements on other subjects on which the parties have mutual interests, or which might endanger their future harmony. Congress will decide on the expediency of promoting such a sequel by giving effect to the measure of confining the American navigation to American seamen — a measure which, at the same time that it might have that conciliatory tendency, would have the further advantage of increasing the independence of our navigation and the resources for our maritime...
Página 295 - Art. XVII. The Ratifications shall be exchanged to-morrow the 4th, of July, at six o'clock in the morning at the Bridge of Neuilly. Art. XVIII. Commissioners shall be named by the respective parties, in order to watch over the execution of the present Convention.
Página 169 - ... those which they close, and perpetuate revenge and hatred and blood from age to age. Europe seemed to breathe after her sufferings. In the midst of this fair prospect, and of these consolatory hopes, Napoleon...
Página 162 - France with projects of confiision and disorder, he has deprived himself of the protection of the law, and has manifested to the universe, that there can be neither peace nor truce with him.
Página 327 - ... any number of individual powers in Europe, the day of retribution must come. " Not only, then, would it, in my opinion, be unjust in the sovereigns to gratify the people of France on this subject, at the expense of their own people, but the sacrifice they would make would be impolitic, at it would deprive them of the opportunity of giving the people of France a great moral lesson " During these agitating transactions, the articles of peace, so necessary for all parties, were at length finally...
Página 183 - ... peace with a war establishment, and a war to follow it ; recollect further, that whatever be your resources they must outlast those of all your enemies ; and further, that your empire cannot be saved by a calculation : besides, your wealth is only...
Página 294 - VIII. To-morrow, the 4th of July, at mid-day, St. Denis, St. Ouen, Clichy, and Neuilly, shall be given up.
Página 262 - My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son, under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.