The History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth, Bind 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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Side vii
... Army . Combat of Weissenfels . Battles of Lutzen - - - Bautzen - And Wurtchen . - - - - - Congress of Prague . Austria declares against France . — Overwhelming Coali- tion . Defeat of Macdonald by Blucher . · Battle of Dresden ...
... Army . Combat of Weissenfels . Battles of Lutzen - - - Bautzen - And Wurtchen . - - - - - Congress of Prague . Austria declares against France . — Overwhelming Coali- tion . Defeat of Macdonald by Blucher . · Battle of Dresden ...
Side 21
... France , his virtual supremacy over Italy , were perfectly consistent with the ... French go- vernment was the publication of an official report made by ... army and the first consul in the eyes of Europe from the calumnies of ...
... France , his virtual supremacy over Italy , were perfectly consistent with the ... French go- vernment was the publication of an official report made by ... army and the first consul in the eyes of Europe from the calumnies of ...
Side 38
... France , but in other countries ; and it must be admitted that the use of such ... French line of anchorage appeared as regular and complete as the preceding ... Army of England . " The operation was performed in his presence with com ...
... France , but in other countries ; and it must be admitted that the use of such ... French line of anchorage appeared as regular and complete as the preceding ... Army of England . " The operation was performed in his presence with com ...
Side 40
... France . It was not a counterpoise to the triumph of Napoleon over Mr. Pitt's third and last coalition . He left Paris on the 24th of September ( 1805 , ) to join his army ; took Ulm on the 17th of October , with its artillery ...
... France . It was not a counterpoise to the triumph of Napoleon over Mr. Pitt's third and last coalition . He left Paris on the 24th of September ( 1805 , ) to join his army ; took Ulm on the 17th of October , with its artillery ...
Side 55
... army was made on the 12th of September . A French corps d'armée , under Bernadotte , put itself in motion on the 18th : Napoleon left St. Cloud on the 25th ; crossed the Rhine on the 1st of October , and pro- claimed to France and ...
... army was made on the 12th of September . A French corps d'armée , under Bernadotte , put itself in motion on the 18th : Napoleon left St. Cloud on the 25th ; crossed the Rhine on the 1st of October , and pro- claimed to France and ...
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Side 284 - My Lord, — Since last I had the honour of addressing you from this place, a series of eventful years has elapsed, but none without some mark and note of your rising glory. " The military triumphs which your valour has achieved upon the banks of the Douro and the Tagus, of the Ebro and the Garonne, have called forth the spontaneous shouts of admiring nations. Those triumphs it is needless on this day to recount. Their names...
Side 4 - Comment les deux nations les plus éclairées de l'Europe, puissantes et fortes plus que ne l'exigent leur sûreté et leur indépendance, peuvent-elles sacrifier à des idées de vaine grandeur le bien du commerce, la prospérité intérieure, le bonheur des familles? Comment ne sentent-elles pas que la paix est le premier des besoins comme la première des gloires?
Side 283 - I hope it will not be deemed presumptuous in me to take this opportunity of expressing my admiration of the great efforts made by this House and the country at a moment of unexampled pressure and difficulty, in order to support the great scale of operations by which the contest was brought to so fortunate a termination.
Side 29 - And what is the nature of the times in which we live? Look at France, and see what we have to cope with, and consider what has made her what she is. A man ! You will tell me that she was great, and powerful, and formidable, before the...
Side 252 - Your glorious conduct is beyond all human praise, and far above my reward. I know no language the world affords worthy to express it. I feel I have nothing left to say, but devoutly to offer up my prayer of gratitude to Providence, that it has, in its omnipotent bounty, blessed my country and myself with such a General. You have sent me, among the trophies of your unrivalled fame, the staff of a French Marshal, and I send you in return that of England.
Side 192 - Peel of the same day, are of opinion that, for the purpose of giving to the administration that character of efficiency and stability, and those marks of the constitutional support of the crown, which are required to enable it to act usefully...
Side 62 - That it is contrary to the. first duties of the confidential servants of the Crown to restrain themselves by any pledge, expressed or implied, from offering to the King any advice which the course of circumstances may render necessary for the welfare and security of any part of his Majesty's extensive empire.
Side 284 - I have now the honour to make my humble acknowledgments. " ' Sir, it is impossible for me to express the gratitude which I feel; I can only assure the house that I shall always be ready to serve his Majesty in any capacity in which my services can be deemed useful, with the same zeal for my country which has already acquired for me the approbation of this house.