The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volumen8John Ballantyne and Company, 1817 |
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... racter of the late war , as well as the extraordinary length of its duration , must have materially affected the in- ternal situation of all the countries en- gaged in it , as well as the commercial relations which formerly subsisted be ...
... racter of the late war , as well as the extraordinary length of its duration , must have materially affected the in- ternal situation of all the countries en- gaged in it , as well as the commercial relations which formerly subsisted be ...
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... racter , so conspicuous through France , and so unfavourable to devotion ; and when it is further remembered that all the wealth of the church has fallen into the hands of the laity , which are fast clenched to retain it , and trembling ...
... racter , so conspicuous through France , and so unfavourable to devotion ; and when it is further remembered that all the wealth of the church has fallen into the hands of the laity , which are fast clenched to retain it , and trembling ...
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... racter . The words of the noble his- torian are so immediately applicable to the state of France , that they may be quoted at length , in order to complete this remarkable parallel . " In a word , the nation was corrup ted from that ...
... racter . The words of the noble his- torian are so immediately applicable to the state of France , that they may be quoted at length , in order to complete this remarkable parallel . " In a word , the nation was corrup ted from that ...
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... racter of disbanded soldiers . It was by means of these men that the alle- giance of the military was corrupted and seduced , and their minds prepa- red for what was to ensue . We cannot suppose that such a number of persons were ...
... racter of disbanded soldiers . It was by means of these men that the alle- giance of the military was corrupted and seduced , and their minds prepa- red for what was to ensue . We cannot suppose that such a number of persons were ...
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... racter , -spoke of recovering the glory of France , and promised that victory should march at the charging step , and the eagle , with the national co- lours , fly from steeple to steeple , even to the towers of Notre Dame . It was now ...
... racter , -spoke of recovering the glory of France , and promised that victory should march at the charging step , and the eagle , with the national co- lours , fly from steeple to steeple , even to the towers of Notre Dame . It was now ...
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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.