 | 1854 - 482 sider
...18 5 " Your Royal Highness, A victim to the factions which divide my country, and to the hostility of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and come, like Themistocles, to seat myself on the hearth of the British people. I put myself under the... | |
 | Joseph Leech - 1854 - 76 sider
..." Royal Highness," he wrote, " exposed to the factions which divide my country and the hostilities of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and come, like Themistocles, to seat myself at the hearths of the British people." The foregoing I have... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1855 - 442 sider
...Prince Regent : " Exposed to the factions which divide my country, and to the hostility of the great powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to seat myself by the hearth of the British people. I put myself under the protection of its laws, and claim it from... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1855 - 608 sider
...to throw himself on the generosity of the British. In a letter to the Prince Regent, he remarks : " I have terminated my political career ; and I come, like Themistocles, to seat myself at the hearths of the British people. I place myself under the protection of her laws, which I claim of your... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1855 - 670 sider
...Prince Regent : " Exposed to the factions which divide my country, and to the hostility of the great powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themiatocles, to seat myself by the hearth of the British people. I put myself under the protection... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1856 - 590 sider
...resolved to throw himself on the generosity of the British. In a letter to the Prince Regent, he remarks, "I have terminated my political career; and I come, like Themistocles, to seat myself at the hearths of the British people. I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim of... | |
 | George Hooper - 1862 - 390 sider
...the factions which divide my country, and to the enmity of the great European Powers, I have ended my political career ; and I come, like Themistocles,...seat myself at the hearth of the British people. I put myself under the protection of its laws, which I ask for at the hands of your Royal Highness, as... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 436 sider
...Regent, which was in these well-known terms : "Rochefort, July 13th, 1815. "ROYAL HIGHNESS, " A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to...Europe, I have terminated my political career, and 1 come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself... | |
 | F. M. Nikal - 1870 - 234 sider
...13th, 1815. " Royal Highness, " A victim to the factions which divide my country, and to the hostility of the greatest Powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and come, like Themistocles, to seat myself on the hearth of the British people. I put myself under the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1875 - 418 sider
...Regent, which was in these well-known terms : " Rochcfort, July I3tft, 1815. " ROYAL HiGHNESS, " A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity of ihe greatestpowera of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles,... | |
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I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws ; which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies. 
