The History of the Life and Reign of George the Fourth, Bind 2Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1831 |
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... guard after they had slept and breakfasted . Notwithstanding the severe illness of Mr. Fox he continued to direct the negotiations and dictate the despatches from his couch , until the progress of his disease rendered all application to ...
... guard after they had slept and breakfasted . Notwithstanding the severe illness of Mr. Fox he continued to direct the negotiations and dictate the despatches from his couch , until the progress of his disease rendered all application to ...
Side 67
... guard was already entering Poland to attack the Russians ; and the Poles - that generous , interesting , gallant , and ill - fated people - thinking they beheld in prospect the redemption of their national independence from atrocious ...
... guard was already entering Poland to attack the Russians ; and the Poles - that generous , interesting , gallant , and ill - fated people - thinking they beheld in prospect the redemption of their national independence from atrocious ...
Side 68
... guard . The entreaties of the king of Prussia , and still more of the queen † , induced the emperor of Russia to abandon his system of Parthian warfare . Ben- ingsen concentrated his troops at Pultusk , took up a strong position ...
... guard . The entreaties of the king of Prussia , and still more of the queen † , induced the emperor of Russia to abandon his system of Parthian warfare . Ben- ingsen concentrated his troops at Pultusk , took up a strong position ...
Side 72
... guard . " Never was popular enthusiasm more lively , or indi- vidual flattery more base . " Napoleon , " said the first president , Seguier , a grave judge , « has ever wished the peace of the world ; he has always presented the olive ...
... guard . " Never was popular enthusiasm more lively , or indi- vidual flattery more base . " Napoleon , " said the first president , Seguier , a grave judge , « has ever wished the peace of the world ; he has always presented the olive ...
Side 77
... guards to the highest dignities , and the title of Prince of Peace . Ferdinand , prince of the Asturias , heir ap- parent , hated the favourite ; and , with that impatient thirst for power , which was congenial to a base nature and a ...
... guards to the highest dignities , and the title of Prince of Peace . Ferdinand , prince of the Asturias , heir ap- parent , hated the favourite ; and , with that impatient thirst for power , which was congenial to a base nature and a ...
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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.