History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in MDCCCXV to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in MDCCCLII, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1855 - Europe |
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... Officers and Men employed in the War . - New Coinage . - Reflec- tions on the preceding parliamentary Narrative . -Efforts of the factious to stir up Sedition . - Spa- field Riots . Expedition to Algiers . Outrages which led to it ...
... Officers and Men employed in the War . - New Coinage . - Reflec- tions on the preceding parliamentary Narrative . -Efforts of the factious to stir up Sedition . - Spa- field Riots . Expedition to Algiers . Outrages which led to it ...
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... officers and men en , Grants to the indifference and economy had not gaged in the war . A vote of thanks officers and men employed yet paralyzed the expression of it was proposed and carried with en- in the war . by public grants . At ...
... officers and men en , Grants to the indifference and economy had not gaged in the war . A vote of thanks officers and men employed yet paralyzed the expression of it was proposed and carried with en- in the war . by public grants . At ...
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... officer in the ished . The mutiny , which proved so formidable in 1797 , council of war , earnestly entreated to be ... officers to great difficulty that Bourgoyne succeeded in dissuading cut down the first man who resisted . When , on ...
... officer in the ished . The mutiny , which proved so formidable in 1797 , council of war , earnestly entreated to be ... officers to great difficulty that Bourgoyne succeeded in dissuading cut down the first man who resisted . When , on ...
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... officers at the Board considered the after his death . He felt that he was setting works so strong , that the place was altogether out on what might truly be deemed a holy war : unassailable . The opinion of that gallant and his ...
... officers at the Board considered the after his death . He felt that he was setting works so strong , that the place was altogether out on what might truly be deemed a holy war : unassailable . The opinion of that gallant and his ...
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... officers in thanks to the Almighty Disposer of events for their victory and preservation . 80 . cluded . Next morning Algiers presented the most mel- ancholy aspect . The mole , the 81 . lighthouse battery , and all the for- The ...
... officers in thanks to the Almighty Disposer of events for their victory and preservation . 80 . cluded . Next morning Algiers presented the most mel- ancholy aspect . The mole , the 81 . lighthouse battery , and all the for- The ...
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Page 346 - Save that country that you may continue to adorn it— save the Crown which is in jeopardy — the Aristocracy which is shaken — save the Altar which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred Throne ! You have said, my Lords, you have willed — the Church and the King have willed — that the Queen should be deprived of its solemn service. She has, instead of that solemnity, the heartfelt prayers of the people. She wants no prayers of mine. But I do here pour forth my humble supplications...
Page 17 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Page 270 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, 'This chief transcends his father's fame.' While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
Page 346 - ... from the roots and the stem of the tree. Save that country, that you may continue to adorn it; save the crown, which is in jeopardy; the aristocracy which is shaken; save the altar, which must stagger with the blow that rends its kindred throne!
Page 353 - This day has shown me that I am beloved by my Irish subjects. Rank, station, honours, are nothing; but to feel. that I live in the hearts of my Irish subjects, is to me the most exalted happiness.
Page 331 - Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
Page 131 - Whatever withdraws us from the dominion of the senses — whatever makes the past, the distant, and the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings...
Page 117 - I well remember, when the near and dear relation alluded to was a child, I observed to some friends that the man who discharged his duty to his country in the manner Mr Pitt had done, was...
Page 361 - If distress bordering upon famine, if misery bursting forth in insurrection, and all the other symptoms of wretchedness, discontent, and difficulty, are to be taken as symptoms of pressure upon the people; then I should say that 1812 and 1817 were two years of which no good man can ever wish to witness the like again...
Page 96 - Utter boldly and spread widely through the world the thoughts of the coming apostles of the people's liberty, till the sound that cheers the desert shall thrill through the heart of humanity, and the lips of the messenger of the people's power, as he stands in beauty upon the mountains, shall proclaim the renovating tidings of equal freedom for the race...