 | Olivia Wilmot Serres - 1876 - 396 sider
...letter above referred to :— . ' Kochefort, 13th J nly, 1815. "TOFR ROYAL HIOHKESS,— " A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to...of Europe, I have terminated my political career, nnd I come, like ThemistocleH, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. 1 put mysolf... | |
 | Louis-Marie de Lahaye vicomte de Cormenin - 1876 - 464 sider
...known und of so much noble situplioity : " Royal Highness, — " A butt to tho faotions who divide my country and to the enmity of the greatest powers...Europe, I have terminated my political career, and oome, like Tbemistocles, to sit liy the fireside of tho British people. 1 place myself under the protection... | |
 | Herbert R. Clinton - 1878 - 528 sider
...of HMS Bellerophon: "Exposed to the factions which divide my country, and 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... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1880 - 410 sider
...following letter to the Prince Regent :— " Rochefort, July i3th, 181 5. "YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, " A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to...the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my * "Narrative of the Surrender of Napoleon, &c.," p. 5. political career, and I come, like Themistocles,... | |
 | Alphonse de Lamartine - 1891 - 596 sider
...appeal of a great soul struggling with the extremities of fate • " Your Royal Highness, — A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity of the great powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career ; and I come, like Themistocles, to throw... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - 1884 - 592 sider
...1815. " ROYAL HIGHNESS, — Exposed to the factions which divide my country, and to the enmity of the Powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career,...at the hearth of the British people. I place myself beneath the protection of their laws, which protection I claim from your Royal Highness as the most... | |
 | John Ashton - 1884 - 342 sider
...following is the text of the letter : — Your Royal Highness, Exposed to the factions which divide my Country, and to the enmity of the greatest Powers...political career ; and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British People. I place myself under the protection of their... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 sider
...1T,thJuly 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 share the hospitality of the British people. I place myself under the protection... | |
 | Robert Campbell - 1887 - 894 sider
...17th July, 1815 :— " In consequence of the factions which have divided my country, and the hatred of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated...political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to place myself under the protection of the British nation. I place myself under her protection and laws,... | |
 | 1888 - 924 sider
...characteristic letter to the prince regent : — " Royal Highness, — A prey to the factions which divide my country and to the enmity of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my public career, and I опте, like Themistocles, to seat myself at the hearth of the British people.... | |
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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. 
