History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 7 |
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Pagina 2
... entirely bereft of its possessions , and agreed to by Frederick - William in the only large town that remained to him of his once extensive dominions . 4. But it was all in vain : the suc- cours of England came too late to ...
... entirely bereft of its possessions , and agreed to by Frederick - William in the only large town that remained to him of his once extensive dominions . 4. But it was all in vain : the suc- cours of England came too late to ...
Pagina 3
... entirely at variance with its interests , at a time when , by giving them a different destination , the necessity of main- taining a Russian army on the Danube might have been prevented , and the disposable force on the Vistula ...
... entirely at variance with its interests , at a time when , by giving them a different destination , the necessity of main- taining a Russian army on the Danube might have been prevented , and the disposable force on the Vistula ...
Pagina 4
... entirely at the mercy of his forces . 6. Sweden was another power which " I re- * In furtherance of this design , early in March , he explained to Marshal Mortier , who was intrusted with the prosecution of hostilities in that quarter ...
... entirely at the mercy of his forces . 6. Sweden was another power which " I re- * In furtherance of this design , early in March , he explained to Marshal Mortier , who was intrusted with the prosecution of hostilities in that quarter ...
Pagina 5
... entirely paralysed the valuable array in the rear of Napoleon , which , if thrown into the scale at the decisive moment , and with the support of a powerful British auxi- liary force , could hardly have failed to have had the most ...
... entirely paralysed the valuable array in the rear of Napoleon , which , if thrown into the scale at the decisive moment , and with the support of a powerful British auxi- liary force , could hardly have failed to have had the most ...
Pagina 9
... entirely eradicated while the war lasted , and was at length sup- pressed only during the tranquillity which followed the peace of Tilsit . The comforts of the common soldiers were tolerably provided for by the in- cessant efforts of ...
... entirely eradicated while the war lasted , and was at length sup- pressed only during the tranquillity which followed the peace of Tilsit . The comforts of the common soldiers were tolerably provided for by the in- cessant efforts of ...
Parole e frasi comuni
affairs ally amidst Andalusia arms arrived artillery attack battle Bayonne Berlin decree body Britain British campaign capital Catalonia cavalry Charles IV Colonel command commenced contest corps court declared decree despatched direction dominions East effect empire enemy England English Europe European favour Ferdinand fire fleet force formidable fortress France French army French Emperor French troops Friedland frontier garrison guns Hindostan Holkar honour horse hostility hundred Hyder immediately imperial important India infantry inhabitants Junot junta King Königsberg land Lisbon Lord Lord Lake Lord Wellesley Madrid Mahratta ment military minister monarchy Murat Mysore Napoleon nation native never officers peace Peninsula Portugal possession Prince of Asturias provinces Rajah ranks rear received regiments resolution retreat Russian Savary Scindiah secret sepoys Seringapatam siege sion soldiers soon Spain Spanish success territories thousand throne tion Tippoo town treaty of Tilsit victory vigour Vistula Wellesley whole
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.