The History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth, Volumen3Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1832 |
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... course . The hopes of peace entertained by him , and by the French nation ; the fear of being supposed to cherish still his views of war and con- * Sir Henry Hardinge , writing from Brussels , on the 27th of March , says : " We are not ...
... course . The hopes of peace entertained by him , and by the French nation ; the fear of being supposed to cherish still his views of war and con- * Sir Henry Hardinge , writing from Brussels , on the 27th of March , says : " We are not ...
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... course of July , the coalition would press with at least 600,000 disposable men on the French frontier ; but at this period , from the 10th to the 15th of June , there were but the two armies of Wellington and Blucher , which may be ...
... course of July , the coalition would press with at least 600,000 disposable men on the French frontier ; but at this period , from the 10th to the 15th of June , there were but the two armies of Wellington and Blucher , which may be ...
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... courses were open to Napoleon : to abandon the field - * An exile in America , he vindicated himself in France by publications bearing the name of colonel Grouchy , his son . Without entering into the controversy , the facts may be very ...
... courses were open to Napoleon : to abandon the field - * An exile in America , he vindicated himself in France by publications bearing the name of colonel Grouchy , his son . Without entering into the controversy , the facts may be very ...
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... course , he is stated by one of his secre- taries to have yielded to the representations of the duke of Bassano , and the other persons about him . " Eh bien , " s'écriat- il ; " puisque vous le jugez nécessaire , j'irai à Paris . Mais ...
... course , he is stated by one of his secre- taries to have yielded to the representations of the duke of Bassano , and the other persons about him . " Eh bien , " s'écriat- il ; " puisque vous le jugez nécessaire , j'irai à Paris . Mais ...
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... courses were open to the regent and his ca- binet ; the one generous , the other secure . They made option of the latter . Sir H. Bunbury , an under secretary , officially communicated to Napo- leon , that he and his suite , restricted ...
... courses were open to the regent and his ca- binet ; the one generous , the other secure . They made option of the latter . Sir H. Bunbury , an under secretary , officially communicated to Napo- leon , that he and his suite , restricted ...
Términos y frases comunes
allies appeared appointed army artillery attack battle bill Blucher Bourbons British Brougham Brussels cabinet called capital capitulation cash payments catholic cavalry character charged Charleroi chief command constitution counsel court crown D'Erlon declared distress division duke of Wellington eloquence emperor enemy England English enquiry Europe favour force foreign Fouché France French Grouchy honour house of commons house of lords Huskisson Ireland justice king king's letter liberty lord Castlereagh lord Eldon lord Goderich lord Hutchinson lord Liverpool lord Sidmouth Louis XVIII majesty majesty's marshal ment military ministers motion moved Napoleon nation o'clock occupied opinion Paris parliament party passed peace Peel person political popular presented prince regent princess of Wales proceedings proposed proposition Prussian Quatre Bras queen reply Russia secret committee sent session sovereigns speech spirit tion took treason treaty troops Vienna voted whilst
Pasajes populares
Página 270 - On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels...
Página 128 - Savior teachesThey solemnly declare that the present act has no other object than to publish, in the face of the whole world, their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective states, and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of the Holy Religion ; namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace...
Página 290 - It would be disingenuous indeed not to admit that the entry of the French army into Spain was, in a certain sense, a disparagement, an affront to the pride, a blow to the feelings of England...
Página 58 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated ; who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Página 144 - And whereas the Senate of the United States have approved of the said arrangement and recommended that it should be carried into effect, the same having also received the sanction of 'His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His...
Página 57 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 101 - I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws ; which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Página 291 - If France occupied Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the consequences of that occupation, that we should blockade Cadiz ? — No. I looked another way. I sought materials of compensation in another hemisphere. Contemplat- . ing Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain
Página 127 - IN the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. THEIR Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia...
Página 260 - If there be a determined project to interfere by force or by menace in the present struggle in Spain, so convinced are his Majesty's Government of the uselessness and danger of any such interference — so objectionable does it appear to them in principle...