The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution in 1688, Band 15Inskeep & Bradford, 1811 |
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... arms , should be in a state of perfect activity . By this measure the whole order of things was completely changed ; and the French became a nation of soldiers . The German potentates threatening the subjugation of a powerful people ...
... arms , should be in a state of perfect activity . By this measure the whole order of things was completely changed ; and the French became a nation of soldiers . The German potentates threatening the subjugation of a powerful people ...
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... arms , 10th of as they could collect towards the Thuilleries . The coun- August , cil of state made vigorous and prudent dispositions for repelling the attack . The Swiss guards amounting to about a thousand , joined by other loyal and ...
... arms , 10th of as they could collect towards the Thuilleries . The coun- August , cil of state made vigorous and prudent dispositions for repelling the attack . The Swiss guards amounting to about a thousand , joined by other loyal and ...
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... houses , to search for arms ; for refractory priests , or other aristocrats . According to their good pleasure they plun- f See Playfair's jacobłnism . non . ry visits . XLIX . 1792 . commis- saries . CHAP . dered REIGN OF GEORGE III .
... houses , to search for arms ; for refractory priests , or other aristocrats . According to their good pleasure they plun- f See Playfair's jacobłnism . non . ry visits . XLIX . 1792 . commis- saries . CHAP . dered REIGN OF GEORGE III .
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... arms , or to serve in the army at the requisition of the said commissaries , was to be declared a traitor and punished with death , without any further inqui- ry . The visitors and commissaries did not murder all those whose houses they ...
... arms , or to serve in the army at the requisition of the said commissaries , was to be declared a traitor and punished with death , without any further inqui- ry . The visitors and commissaries did not murder all those whose houses they ...
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... arm of law be sufficiently strong to restrain the open invader of the constitution , it was not altogether able to ferret all the secret arts of its enemies . It became necessary , therefore , to aid the ef- forts of law by employing ...
... arm of law be sufficiently strong to restrain the open invader of the constitution , it was not altogether able to ferret all the secret arts of its enemies . It became necessary , therefore , to aid the ef- forts of law by employing ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allies arms artillery attack attempt Austrians battle bill Bonaparte Britain British campaign CHAP chief Cobourg command conduct confederacy constitution convention declared deemed defeated defence disposition duke of York Dumourier effect efforts Egypt emperor employed endeavoured enemy engaged England English established evacuate execution exertions expedition farther favourable federacy fleet force foreign France French army French republic German Girondists honour hostile hundred Ireland Irish Italy jacobins John Jourdain king of Prussia land liberty London Gazette lord lord Grenville majesty Malmsbury March Massena measures ment military ministers monarchy Moreau motion nation necessary negotiation object officers operations Paris parlia parliament Parliamentary party peace persons Philad Pichegru Pitt political possession present prince principles proceeded proposed purpose reason republicans resistance respective retreat revolution Rhine Robespierre Scheldt sent sentiments ships siege sion soldiers success supported Suwarrow thousand tion treaty troops valour victory
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 365 - For the like purpose it would be fit to propose, that all laws in force at the time of the union, and all the courts of civil and ecclesiastical jurisdiction, within the respective kingdoms, shall remain as now by law established within the same, subject only to such alterations or regulations from time to time, as circumstances may appear to the parliament of the United Kingdom to require.
Seite 435 - That the churches of England and Ireland,, as now by law established, be united into one Protestant Episcopal Church, to be called The United Church of England and Ireland; and that the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government of the said united church shall be, and shall remain in full force for ever, as the same are now by law established for the church of England ; and that the continuance and preservation of the said united church, as the established church of...
Seite 431 - The best and most natural pledge of its reality and permanence would be the restoration of that line of princes which for so many centuries maintained the French nation in prosperity at home, and in consideration and respect abroad...
Seite 488 - ... of blood. Were it permitted for a soldier to regret any one who has fallen in the service of his country, I might be excused for lamenting him, more than any other person; but it is some consolation to those who tenderly loved him, that as his life was honourable, so was his death glorious. His memory will be recorded in the annals of his country — will be sacred to every British soldier, and embalmed in the recollection of a grateful posterity.
Seite 296 - The ceremony was performed by the archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the bishop of London.
Seite 431 - How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe, powerful and strong beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and the happiness of families?
Seite 124 - We are called in the present age to witness the political and moral phenomenon of a mighty and civilized people ', formed into an artificial horde of banditti, throwing off all the restraints which have influenced men in social life, displaying a savage valour directed by a sanguinary spirit, forming rapine and destruction into a system, and perverting...
Seite 49 - Scheldt, unless she have also the right to set aside equally all the other treaties between all the powers of Europe, and all the other rights of England, or of her allies. She can even have no pretence to interfere in the question of opening the Scheldt, unless she were the sovereign of the Low Countries, or had the right to dictate laws to all Europe.
Seite 49 - England will never consent that France shall arrogate the power of annulling at her pleasure, and under the pretence of a pretended natural right, of which she makes herself the only judge, the political system of Europe, established by solemn treaties, and guaranteed by the consent of all the powers.
Seite 415 - The pasha's idea was not to defend the breach this time, but rather to let a certain number of the enemy in, and then close with them according to the Turkish mode of war. The column thus mounted the breach unmolested, and descended from the rampart into the pasha's garden, where, in a very few minutes, the bravest and most advanced among them lay headless corpses ; the sabre, with the addition of a dagger in the other hand, proving more than a match for the bayonet.