The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Volume 1, Part 1Mackenzie, 1882 |
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... defence of the country . of the entire Continent were subjected The British ministry had been secretly made through this impolitic and oppressive sys- acquainted with this design , and foiled it by tem to galling privations , which they ...
... defence of the country . of the entire Continent were subjected The British ministry had been secretly made through this impolitic and oppressive sys- acquainted with this design , and foiled it by tem to galling privations , which they ...
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... defence of Portugal , the conquest of which was the great object of the French campaign of 1810. The Portuguese not only detested the French , but , unlike the Spaniards , they were loyal to their sovereign and had con- fidence in the ...
... defence of Portugal , the conquest of which was the great object of the French campaign of 1810. The Portuguese not only detested the French , but , unlike the Spaniards , they were loyal to their sovereign and had con- fidence in the ...
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... defence , was car- ried by storm on the 31st of August . On the 7th of October the British army , by a most masterly strategic operation , succeeded in crossing the Bidassoa in the face of the French army posted in a very strong posi ...
... defence , was car- ried by storm on the 31st of August . On the 7th of October the British army , by a most masterly strategic operation , succeeded in crossing the Bidassoa in the face of the French army posted in a very strong posi ...
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... defence of France . The fabric which he had reared advancing from various points to the inva- Meanwhile 1,100,000 armed men were sion of the French territory , while Napo- leon had only 360,000 men , most of them new levies , to resist ...
... defence of France . The fabric which he had reared advancing from various points to the inva- Meanwhile 1,100,000 armed men were sion of the French territory , while Napo- leon had only 360,000 men , most of them new levies , to resist ...
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... defence . By almost superhuman efforts , he succeeded within three months in collecting and equipping an army of 400,000 men . With such a force at his command , he resolved to forego the mani- fest advantages of a purely defensive ...
... defence . By almost superhuman efforts , he succeeded within three months in collecting and equipping an army of 400,000 men . With such a force at his command , he resolved to forego the mani- fest advantages of a purely defensive ...
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Page 58 - Cobbett suddenly became of great authority; they were read on nearly every cottage hearth in the manufacturing districts of South Lancashire, in those of Leicester, Derby, and Nottingham; also in many of the Scottish manufacturing towns. Their influence was speedily visible ; he directed his readers to the true cause of their sufferings — misgovernment; and to its proper corrective — parliamentary reform.
Page 216 - Friendship is but a name. I love nobody. I do not even love my brothers: perhaps Joseph, a little, from habit, and because" he is my elder; and Duroc, I love him too; but why? — because his character pleases me: he is stern and resolute, and, I believe, the fellow never shed a tear.
Page 170 - O, heaven, that such companions thou'dst unfold; And put in every honest hand a whip, To lash the rascal naked through the world, Even from the east to the west ! Emil.
Page 124 - An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of His Majesty's subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping, in His Majesty's dominions, vessels for warlike purposes, without His Majesty's license...
Page 163 - I think it right to send to you an extract of a letter from Lord Liverpool to me. His words are : " It is material that her Majesty should know confidentially, that if she shall be so ill-advised as to come over to this country, there must be an end to all negotiation and compromise.
Page 157 - She very properly, in consequence of my saying to her it was the right mode of proceeding, attempted to kneel to him. He raised her, (gracefully enough,) and embraced her; said barely one word, turned round, retired to a distant part of the apartment, and calling me to him, said, ' Harris, I am not well ; pray get me a glass of brandy...
Page 60 - The first thing which has here forced itself upon their observation, is the widely diffused ramification of a system of clubs, associated professedly for the purpose of parliamentary reform, upon the most extended principle of universal suf.frage and annual parliaments.
Page 59 - I am too well convinced of the loyalty and good sense of the great body of his Majesty's subjects, to believe them capable of being perverted by the arts which are employed to seduce them ; but I am determined to omit no precautions for preserving the public peace, and for counteracting the designs of the disaffected...
Page 178 - Come forth, thou slanderer, and let me see thy face ? If thou would'st equal the respectability of an Italian witness, come forth and depose in open court ! As thou art, thou art worse than an Italian assassin ! because, while I am boldly and manfully meeting my accusers, thou art planting a dagger unseen in my bosom, and converting thy poisoned stiletto into the semblance of the sword of justice...
Page 80 - I hope that opinion will be coolly and dispassionately expressed by his lordship My lord, I think it necessary to make a stand here. I cannot say what your lordship may consider to be necessary interruption ; but your lordship interrupted me a great many times yesterday, and then said you would interrupt me no more, and yet your lordship did interrupt me afterwards ten times as much Gentlemen, it is you who are trying me to-day.