History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 7 |
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Pagina 1
... already concluded engagements for the active prosecution of the contest , the proposed negotiations never took place ; and England , under the guid- ance of its new administration , instead of entering into terms with France , reverted ...
... already concluded engagements for the active prosecution of the contest , the proposed negotiations never took place ; and England , under the guid- ance of its new administration , instead of entering into terms with France , reverted ...
Pagina 2
... already given its adhesion by the sig- nature of a treaty , six days before , for the employment of an auxiliary force of twelve thousand men in Pomerania ; and England hastened to unite itself to the confederacy . By a convention ...
... already given its adhesion by the sig- nature of a treaty , six days before , for the employment of an auxiliary force of twelve thousand men in Pomerania ; and England hastened to unite itself to the confederacy . By a convention ...
Pagina 3
... already mentioned , he publicly held out the olive branch ; the surest proof of the magnitude of the disaster sus- tained at Eylau , and the critical situa- tion in which he felt himself placed , with Austria hanging in dubious strength ...
... already mentioned , he publicly held out the olive branch ; the surest proof of the magnitude of the disaster sus- tained at Eylau , and the critical situa- tion in which he felt himself placed , with Austria hanging in dubious strength ...
Pagina 4
... already mentioned , [ Ante , Chap . XLIII . § . 19 ] , by which the Prince of the Peace an- nounced , on the eve of the battle of Jena , his preparations to combat an enemy which no one could doubt was France . Napoleon dissembled for a ...
... already mentioned , [ Ante , Chap . XLIII . § . 19 ] , by which the Prince of the Peace an- nounced , on the eve of the battle of Jena , his preparations to combat an enemy which no one could doubt was France . Napoleon dissembled for a ...
Pagina 10
... already taken up his headquarters , and where the imperial and royal courts were established . But although the Russian and Prussian governments both made the utmost efforts to recruit their forces and bring up supplies from their rear ...
... already taken up his headquarters , and where the imperial and royal courts were established . But although the Russian and Prussian governments both made the utmost efforts to recruit their forces and bring up supplies from their rear ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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Brani popolari
Pagina 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.
Pagina 90 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function ; fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amid the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land.
Pagina 83 - 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 at the frantic struggles of their victims.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 62 - O'er the broad plantain's humbler shade And dusk anana's prickly blade ; While o'er the brake, so wild and fair, The betel waves his crest in air. With pendant train and rushing wings, Aloft the gorgeous peacock springs ; And he, the bird of hundred dyes, Whose plumes the dames of Ava prize. So rich a shade, so green a sod, Our English Fairies never trod ! Yet who in Indian bower has stood, But thought on England's
Pagina 82 - 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.
Pagina 91 - ... was done by charity that private charity could do: but it was a people in beggary; it was a nation which stretched out its hands for food. For months together these creatures of sufferance, whose very excess and luxury in their most plenteous days, had fallen short of the allowance of our austerest fasts...
Pagina 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.