Life of Victor Emmanuel II, First King of Italy, Volume 2Macmillan, 1879 |
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... matters to a crisis . Cavour , weary of disputing with the cabinet , resolved to retire for a while to his country seat of Leri . Before starting he paid a visit to his friend Sir James Hudson , and while in the house of the English ...
... matters to a crisis . Cavour , weary of disputing with the cabinet , resolved to retire for a while to his country seat of Leri . Before starting he paid a visit to his friend Sir James Hudson , and while in the house of the English ...
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... all the aid he can without compromising our banner . It would be a great matter if Garibaldi could pass into Calabria . Here things do not go VAIN PROPOSALS OF INTERFERENCE . 41 badly . The diplomatists 40 LIFE OF VICTOR EMMANUEL II .
... all the aid he can without compromising our banner . It would be a great matter if Garibaldi could pass into Calabria . Here things do not go VAIN PROPOSALS OF INTERFERENCE . 41 badly . The diplomatists 40 LIFE OF VICTOR EMMANUEL II .
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... vention - to us a great gain - has thought proper to recall his ambassador . If this is a matter of regret , it cannot alter our gratitude to him , nor our faith VOL . II . F pre- in his attachment to the Italian cause . France and.
... vention - to us a great gain - has thought proper to recall his ambassador . If this is a matter of regret , it cannot alter our gratitude to him , nor our faith VOL . II . F pre- in his attachment to the Italian cause . France and.
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... then opening negotiations with the Emperor Napoleon on the subject , for without the concurrence of France he would not take any action in the matter , and there is little doubt that the question would have been brought to a speedy.
... then opening negotiations with the Emperor Napoleon on the subject , for without the concurrence of France he would not take any action in the matter , and there is little doubt that the question would have been brought to a speedy.
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... of sudden illness he should come to him , no matter where he was , to administer the sacraments . In these last two months of his life , Cavour worked EFFORTS TO SECURE ROME . 75 more assiduously , more 74 LIFE OF VICTOR EMMANUEL II .
... of sudden illness he should come to him , no matter where he was , to administer the sacraments . In these last two months of his life , Cavour worked EFFORTS TO SECURE ROME . 75 more assiduously , more 74 LIFE OF VICTOR EMMANUEL II .
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