The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, Հատոր 1T. Kinnersley, 1816 - 478 էջ |
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... obliged to return . It was in vain ' that Foulon , an unpopular contractor , had re- course to a supposititious burial , with the view of concealment . The place of his re- treat was discovered by his own tenants , and he was conducted ...
... obliged to return . It was in vain ' that Foulon , an unpopular contractor , had re- course to a supposititious burial , with the view of concealment . The place of his re- treat was discovered by his own tenants , and he was conducted ...
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... obliged to submit , without resistance , to all the caprices of the mob , who , without ceremony or con- straint , overawed , controlled , and in- terrupted their proceedings . The clubs and the multitude , knowing themselves to be the ...
... obliged to submit , without resistance , to all the caprices of the mob , who , without ceremony or con- straint , overawed , controlled , and in- terrupted their proceedings . The clubs and the multitude , knowing themselves to be the ...
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... obliged the duke of Brunswick to take a long circuit in order to reach Champagne , during which Kellerman effected his junction with 22,000 men , and Bournonville with 11,000 . With this force amounting to more than 60,000 men , they ...
... obliged the duke of Brunswick to take a long circuit in order to reach Champagne , during which Kellerman effected his junction with 22,000 men , and Bournonville with 11,000 . With this force amounting to more than 60,000 men , they ...
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... obliged to take their paper money , or a much less sum in coin than that which had been remitted from the discount . By every operation of this kind the quantity of specie in France was in- creased . The convention with much ease ...
... obliged to take their paper money , or a much less sum in coin than that which had been remitted from the discount . By every operation of this kind the quantity of specie in France was in- creased . The convention with much ease ...
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... obliged to borrow changes of raiment from his valet de chambre , and the queen and the dauphin from the countess of Sutherland and other ladies : but these acts of kindness were almost immediately prevented . Even in the smallest ...
... obliged to borrow changes of raiment from his valet de chambre , and the queen and the dauphin from the countess of Sutherland and other ladies : but these acts of kindness were almost immediately prevented . Even in the smallest ...
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The History of the War: From the Commencement of the French ..., Հատոր 1 Hewson Clarke Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1816 |
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Էջ 31 - But he has not a right to an equal dividend in the product of the joint stock ; and as to the share of power, authority, and direction which each individual ought to have in the management of the State, that I must deny to be amongst the direct original rights of man in civil society ; for I have m my contemplation the civil social man, and no Other.
Էջ 31 - If civil society be the offspring of convention, that convention must be its law. That convention must limit and modify all the descriptions of constitution which are formed under it. Every sort of legislative, judicial, or executory power are its creatures. They can have no being in any other state of things...
Էջ 314 - Shoals), flanked by numerous gunboats, four frigates, and a battery of guns and mortars...
Էջ 572 - I formed the infantry immediately in two lines with the British cavalry, as a reserve in a third, in an open space between that river and a Nullah running parallel to it.
Էջ 588 - ... and England with a fleet that made her mistress of the seas, and which he did not think he should be able to equal in less than ten years : two such countries, by a proper understanding, might govern the world, but by their strifes might overturn it.
Էջ 48 - Tuileries be forced or insulted, if the least violence be offered, the least outrage done to their majesties, the king, the queen, and the royal family, if they be not immediately placed in safety and set at liberty, they will inflict on those who shall deserve it the most exemplary and ever memorable avenging punishments, by giving up the city of Paris to military execution, and exposing it to total destruction ; and the rebels who shall be guilty of illegal resistance shall suffer the punishments...
Էջ 587 - ... in the interior. In confirmation of this he told me, that two men had within these few days been apprehended in Normandy, and were now on their way to Paris, who were hired assassins, and employed by the Bishop of Arras, by the Baron de...
Էջ 380 - I accordingly landed the boats at the Mole, and took the crews up to the breach, armed with pikes. The enthusiastic gratitude of the Turks, men, women, and children, at the sight of such a reinforcement, at such a time, is not to be described.
Էջ 303 - They are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full of courage. They live with their wives and children in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold and silver ! a small quantity of it serves to excite their admiration.
Էջ 314 - His idea, in this disposition of his force was, first, to secure the victory ; and, then, to make the most of it, as circumstances might permit.