History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M. DCC. LXXXiX to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M. DCCC. XV.W. Blackwood and Sons, 1854 - Europe |
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... peace , ib . - War with Holkar , 148. - Defeat of Mahom- med Beg Khan , ib . - Campaign against Holkar , 149. - Defeat of Colonel Fawcett in Bundelcund , ib . - Disasters and defeat of Colonel Monson , 150 . -Fermentation through India ...
... peace , ib . - War with Holkar , 148. - Defeat of Mahom- med Beg Khan , ib . - Campaign against Holkar , 149. - Defeat of Colonel Fawcett in Bundelcund , ib . - Disasters and defeat of Colonel Monson , 150 . -Fermentation through India ...
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... Peace , 258 .-- Dis- simulation and address of Napoleon regarding it , ib . - Measures arranged at Tilsit against Spain and Portugal , 259. - Measures of the Portuguese govern- ment , 260. - Character of the Prince of Peace , Charles IV ...
... Peace , 258 .-- Dis- simulation and address of Napoleon regarding it , ib . - Measures arranged at Tilsit against Spain and Portugal , 259. - Measures of the Portuguese govern- ment , 260. - Character of the Prince of Peace , Charles IV ...
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... peace without the concurrence of An immediate advance of £ 100,000 was the other ; that the Confederation of made to the King of Prussia ; arms the Rhine , which had proved so fatal and military stores were furnished for to the ...
... peace without the concurrence of An immediate advance of £ 100,000 was the other ; that the Confederation of made to the King of Prussia ; arms the Rhine , which had proved so fatal and military stores were furnished for to the ...
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... peace by Russia ance with which his Majesty , during eight months , maintained and defended a cause common to all sovereigns , are the most cer- tain pledges of the intentions which ani- mated him , as well as of the loyalty and purity ...
... peace by Russia ance with which his Majesty , during eight months , maintained and defended a cause common to all sovereigns , are the most cer- tain pledges of the intentions which ani- mated him , as well as of the loyalty and purity ...
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Archibald Alison. | 7 fered to England peace before the fourth | Napoleon. the state of destitution to which the ill - judged parsimony of the late ad- ministration had reduced the British arsenals , and such the effect of their total ...
Archibald Alison. | 7 fered to England peace before the fourth | Napoleon. the state of destitution to which the ill - judged parsimony of the late ad- ministration had reduced the British arsenals , and such the effect of their total ...
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Page 90 - ... compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 83 - But the answer was that nothing could be done" without the Nabob's orders, that the Nabob was asleep, and that he would be angry if anybody woke him. Then the prisoners went mad with despair. They trampled each other down, fought for the places at the windows, fought for the pittance of water with which the cruel mercy of the murderers mocked their agonies, raved, prayed, blasphemed, implored the guards to fire among them. The gaolers in the mean time held lights to the bars, and shouted with laughter...
Page 36 - But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Link'd in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded king.
Page 98 - There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa.
Page 82 - Nothing in history or fiction, — not even the story which Ugolino told in the sea of everlasting ice, after he had wiped his bloody lips on the scalp of his murderer, — approaches the horrors which were recounted by the few survivors of that night.
Page 103 - And whereas to pursue schemes of conquest and extension of dominion in India are measures repugnant to the wish, the honour and the policy of this nation...
Page 36 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though billmen ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood The instant that he fell.
Page 98 - ... victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-arms.
Page 92 - ... character. When, under a tropical sun, he ruled fifty millions of Asiatics, his hopes, amidst all the cares of war, finance and legislation, still pointed to Daylesford. And when his long public life, so singularly chequered with good and evil, with glory and obloquy, had at length closed for ever, it was to Daylesford that he retired to die.
Page 216 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.