History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Volume 5W. Blackwood, 1860 - Europe |
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Common terms and phrases
Alessandria Allies Alps Apennines Arch Archduke arms arrived artillery assailed attack Aulic Council Austrian Bagrathion battle battle of Novi Bellegarde Bour campaign capitulation cavalry centre CHAP Col de Tende columns command commenced conquest Consul corps Council Danube defeat detached Directory disasters division enemy flank forces fortresses France French army frontier garrison Genoa Grisons Hotze hundred Imperial Imperialists important intrenched Italy Korsakoff Kray lake Lecourbe Limmat Lombardy Macdonald Mantua Marengo Maritime Alps Massena Melas ment military Monte Montrichard Moreau mountains Napoleon nation Novi occupied peace pieces of cannon Piedmont plain position posts prisoners rear rendered Republic Republicans retired retreat Revolution Rhine right wing Russian side siege Sièyes soldiers soon speedily St Bernard St Cyr St Gothard success Suwarroff Switzerland thousand strong tion Tortona Trebbia troops Turin utmost valley victory vigour whole XXIX XXVII XXXI Zurich
Popular passages
Page 536 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom:— Then ceased— and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or in conflagration pale, Light the gloom.
Page 522 - By the festal cities' blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.
Page 483 - The right is. equally clear in practice ; for practice is uniform and universal upon the subject. The many European treaties which refer to this right, refer to it as pre-existing, and merely regulate the exercise of it. All writers upon the law of nations unanimously acknowledge it, without the exception even of Hubner himself, the great champion of neutral privileges.
Page 421 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 534 - ViceAdmiral Lord Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag; but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must set on fire all the prizes that he has taken, without having the power of saving the men who have so nobly defended them. The brave Danes are the brothers, and should never be the enemies of the English.
Page 532 - I have only one eye, — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Page 245 - French nation in prosperity at home, and in consideration and respect abroad : such an event would at once have removed, and will at any time remove, all obstacles in the way of negotiation or peace. It would confirm to France the unmolested enjoyment of its ancient territory ; and it would give to all the other nations of Europe, in tranquillity and peace, that security which they are now compelled to seek by other means.
Page 515 - ... can be given with a prospect of success. They may be assured that Mr. Pitt will do his utmost to establish their cause in the public favour, and prepare the way for their finally attaining their objects.
Page 259 - The last and distinguishing feature is a perfidy which nothing can bind, which no tie of treaty, no sense of the principles generally received among nations, no obligation, human or divine, can restrain. Thus qualified, thus armed for destruction, the genius of the French Revolution marched forth, the terror and dismay of the world. Every nation has in its turn been the witness, many have been the...
Page 242 - How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe, powerful and strong beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and the happiness of families?