The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A Social Sketch of the Times, Band 1T.F. Unwin, 1886 - 476 Seiten |
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... English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. , " " Old Times , " & c WITH 116 ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR FROM CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVINGS VOL . I LONDON T FISHER UNWIN 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE MDCCCLXXXVI 33-315 4 HARVARD COLLEGE ...
... English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. , " " Old Times , " & c WITH 116 ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR FROM CONTEMPORARY ENGRAVINGS VOL . I LONDON T FISHER UNWIN 26 PATERNOSTER SQUARE MDCCCLXXXVI 33-315 4 HARVARD COLLEGE ...
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... English to France - Visit of C. J. Fox to Napoleon - Liberation of the French prisoners of war . CHAPTER VII . 58 Proclamation of Peace - Manner of the procession , & c . — Illuminations- Day of General Thanksgiving - General Election ...
... English to France - Visit of C. J. Fox to Napoleon - Liberation of the French prisoners of war . CHAPTER VII . 58 Proclamation of Peace - Manner of the procession , & c . — Illuminations- Day of General Thanksgiving - General Election ...
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... English tongue by these words , ' GEORGE the THIRD , by the Grace of God , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , King , Defender of the Faith . ' And that the Arms or ensigns armorial of the said United Kingdom shall be ...
... English tongue by these words , ' GEORGE the THIRD , by the Grace of God , of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , King , Defender of the Faith . ' And that the Arms or ensigns armorial of the said United Kingdom shall be ...
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... English prisoners , for our Government looked well after them in that matter , however much they may have suffered in other ways . On the 18th of February Pitt opened his budget , and as an increase was needed of over a million and ...
... English prisoners , for our Government looked well after them in that matter , however much they may have suffered in other ways . On the 18th of February Pitt opened his budget , and as an increase was needed of over a million and ...
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... English Government till , a few years ago , reports were circulated of their being starved and ill - treated . The French Government , in hopes of stigmatizing the English Ministry as guilty of such an enormous offence , offered to feed ...
... English Government till , a few years ago , reports were circulated of their being starved and ill - treated . The French Government , in hopes of stigmatizing the English Ministry as guilty of such an enormous offence , offered to feed ...
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Seite 294 - ... in Guild-Hall yard but the mayor liked his company so well, and was grown so intimate, that he pursued him hastily, and, catching him fast by the hand, cried out with a vehement oath and accent, Sir, you shall stay and take t'other bottle.
Seite 146 - SIR AND BROTHER, — Called to the throne of France by Providence, and by the suffrages of the senate, the people, and the army, my first sentiment is a wish for peace. France and England abuse their prosperity. They may contend for ages ; but do their governments well fulfil the most sacred of their duties, and will not so much blood, shed uselessly, and without a view to any end, condemn them in their own . consciences ? I consider it as no disgrace to make the first step.
Seite 208 - The Earl of Chatham, with his sword drawn Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan ; Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em, Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
Seite 91 - He was too much agitated to make it advisable for me to prolong the conversation ; I therefore made no answer, and he retired to his apartment repeating the last phrase. " It is to be remarked, that all this passed loud enough to be overheard by two hundred people who were present; and I am persuaded that there was not a single person who did not feel the extreme impropriety of his conduct, and the total want of dignity, as well as of decency, on the occasion.
Seite 5 - In this situation it can for the present only remain for His Majesty to pursue, in conjunction with other Powers, those exertions of just and defensive war, which his regard to the happiness of his subjects will never permit him either to continue beyond the necessity in which they originated, or to terminate on any other grounds than such as may best contribute to the secure enjoyment of their tranquillity, their constitution, and their independence.
Seite 148 - Continent, with whom he is engaged in confidential connexions and relations, and particularly with the Emperor of Russia, who has given the strongest proofs of the wisdom and elevation o'f the sentiments with which he is animated, and the lively interest which he takes in the safety and independence of Europe.
Seite 146 - Your majesty has gained more within ten years, both in territory and riches, than the whole extent of Europe. Your nation is at the highest point of prosperity ; what can it hope from war ? — To form a coalition with some powers of the continent ? The continent will remain tranquil ; a coalition can only increase the preponderance and continental greatness of France.
Seite 165 - Hawkesbury moved an address to his majesty, praying, " that he would be graciously pleased to order...
Seite 147 - Finances founded on flourishing agriculture can never be destroyed. To take from France her colonies ? The Colonies are to France only a secondary object ; and does not your Majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve ? If your Majesty would but reflect, you must perceive that the war is without an object, without any presumable result to yourself. Alas ! what a melancholy prospect to cause two nations to fight merely for the sake of fighting.
Seite 147 - France her colonies ? — the colonies are to France only a secondary object ; and does not your majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve ? If your majesty would but reflect, you must perceive that the war is without an object, without any presumable result to yourself. Alas ! what a melancholy prospect, to cause two nations to fight merely for the sake of fighting ! The world is sufficiently large for our two nations to live in it, and reason is sufficiently powerful to discover...