Life and Times of Louis Philippe: King of the French, Band 1Fisher |
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Seite 42 - We swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the king ; and to maintain with all our power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king ; and to remain united to all Frenchmen, by the indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Seite 563 - Meeting of Henry VIII. and Francis I. on the Field of the Cloth of Gold (near Guines, France).
Seite 687 - Amidst the agitation that hostile and blind passions foment, a conviction animates and supports me, which is, that we possess in the constitutional monarchy — in the union of the great powers of the State — sure means of overcoming all those obstacles, and of satisfying all interests, moral and material. Let us firmly maintain, according to the Charter, social order, and all its conditions. Let us guarantee, according to the Charter, the public liberties and all their developements.
Seite 320 - Thiery so late in his operations, that he had barely time to leap into the boat, with the bread, before they were compelled to leave the shore, that they might precede the mass of ice which was entering the Ohio. Their French friend bore his misfortune like a philosopher ; and though he mourned over the supposed grief of his faithful wife, he still urged the rowers to exert themselves in order to place his young countrymen beyond the chance of injury.
Seite 50 - I lodge with my friend Paine, — we breakfast, dine, and sup together. The more I see of his interior, the more I like and respect him. I cannot express how kind he is to me ; there is a simplicity of manner, a goodness of heart, and a strength of mind in him, that I never knew a man before possess.
Seite 402 - His zeal did not flag during all the progress of these labours, and there was great freedom of discussion ; it being ardently the desire of the Emperor that all the important points should be subjected to profound examination ; and fortunately for the character of the work, and for the welfare of the country, the Council contained many men qualified by their studies, habits, and talents, to render these new pandects worthy of the general intelligence of the age. I asked my informant, how the question...
Seite 415 - Lille, and on quitting the town addressed the following letter to Mortier : — " MY DEAR MARSHAL, — I give up to you entirely the command which I have had the happiness of exercising conjointly with you in the department of the north. I am too good a Frenchman to sacrifice the interests of France because new misfortunes compel me to quit it. I go to hide myself in retirement and oblivion. It only remains for me to release you from all the orders which I have given you, and to recommend you to...
Seite 550 - X. and his son have forfeited, or have abdicated, the throne, — understand it which way you will : but the throne is not vacant ; after them came a child, whose innocence ought not to be condemned. " What blood now rises against him ? Will you venture to say that it is that of his father ? This orphan, educated in the schools of his country, in the love of a constitutional government, and with the ideas of the age, would have become a king well suited to our future wants. The guardian of his youth...
Seite 319 - ... the saloon of reception, the King met them, and after exchanging a few words with the former, he said : " I am very glad to see you, Mr. Hughes, but I regret to learn that my friend General Smith is dead.' The Minister, though he knew Mr. Hughes was the son-in-law of General Smith, was yet utterly at a loss to conjecture, by what association the name of the worthy veteran was recalled at that moment, never presuming that the connection could be known to the King.
Seite 735 - Thus, we declare it openly, if the hour of the reconstruction of some nationalities, oppressed in Europe or elsewhere, should appear to us to have sounded in the decrees of Providence — if Switzerland, our faithful ally since the time of Francis I., were constrained or threatened in the advance which...