History of Europe: From the Commemcement [sic] of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815A.S. Barnes & Company, 1853 - 532 páginas |
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... army toward Egypt - Negotiations for peace frustrated by the British - Defeat of the Turks - Expedition of Sir R. Abercromby- Battle of Alexandria - British take possession of Cairo - Surrender of the French army - Attempts of Napoleon ...
... army toward Egypt - Negotiations for peace frustrated by the British - Defeat of the Turks - Expedition of Sir R. Abercromby- Battle of Alexandria - British take possession of Cairo - Surrender of the French army - Attempts of Napoleon ...
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... army at Potolsk and proceeds to Moscow , and thence to St. Petersburg - Oudinot defeated on the Dwina - Barclay and Bagrathion form a junction at Smolensko - Heroic defence of General Newerofskoi - Russians evacuate Smolensko , leaving ...
... army at Potolsk and proceeds to Moscow , and thence to St. Petersburg - Oudinot defeated on the Dwina - Barclay and Bagrathion form a junction at Smolensko - Heroic defence of General Newerofskoi - Russians evacuate Smolensko , leaving ...
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... army - Murat deserts the army and repairs to Naples - Eugene takes command - Deliverance and policy of Prussia - Her efforts to regain a footing among the Powers of Europe - Treaty with Russia - Insurrection in Saxony - Institution of ...
... army - Murat deserts the army and repairs to Naples - Eugene takes command - Deliverance and policy of Prussia - Her efforts to regain a footing among the Powers of Europe - Treaty with Russia - Insurrection in Saxony - Institution of ...
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... army - Assumes the offensive Battle of Sauroren -- Retreat of Soult - Siege and capture of St. Sebastian - Soult retreats over the Bidassoa - Dishonorable conduct of the Spanish government toward their allies - Wellington prepares to ...
... army - Assumes the offensive Battle of Sauroren -- Retreat of Soult - Siege and capture of St. Sebastian - Soult retreats over the Bidassoa - Dishonorable conduct of the Spanish government toward their allies - Wellington prepares to ...
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... army declares for the Bourbons - Napoleon at Fontainebleau - He abdicates the throne - Treaty with the allies - He takes leave of his troops and departs for Elba - Death of Josephine - Louis XVIII . leaves England for France - His ...
... army declares for the Bourbons - Napoleon at Fontainebleau - He abdicates the throne - Treaty with the allies - He takes leave of his troops and departs for Elba - Death of Josephine - Louis XVIII . leaves England for France - His ...
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Términos y frases comunes
allies Archduke arms arrived artillery assault assembled attack Aulic Council Austrian battle Bernadotte Blucher Britain British campaign capital cavalry centre Ciudad Rodrigo columns command commenced contest Convention corps cuirassiers Danube debt declared defeated defence detached division Duke effect Elbe Emperor enemy England Europe fifty thousand fleet followed force fortress France French army French troops frontier garrison Girondists Guard guns hostilities hundred thousand immediately infantry inhabitants Italy Jacobins king loss Louis XVIII Massena measures ment military millions Moreau morning movement Murat Napo Napoleon nation o'clock Oudinot Paris party peace Pichegru pieces of cannon position Prince prisoners provinces Prussia rear received reënforcements Republicans resistance resolved result retired retreat Revolution Rhine Royalists Russian ships siege sinking fund soldiers soon Soult Spain Spanish success surrendered Suwarrow taxes thousand strong throne tion took place town treaty twenty thousand victory Vienna Wellington whole
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Página 66 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Página 455 - Private persons and property shall be equally respected. The inhabitants, and in general all individuals who shall be in the capital, shall continue to enjoy their rights and liberties without being disturbed or called to account either as to the situations which they hold, or may have held, or as to their conduct or political opinions.
Página 481 - ... within a limited time. The modifications, however, which it became necessary to introduce into the increase of the assessed taxes last year, considerably reduced its amount ; and it is now necessary to look for some more general and productive impost, which may enable us to continue the same system of restraining the annual loan within reasonable limits. With this view, it is my intention that the presumption on which the assessed taxes is founded shall be laid aside, and that a general tax shall...
Página 297 - Nothing could stop that astonishing infantry. No sudden burst of undisciplined valour, no nervous enthusiasm weakened the stability of their order, their flashing eyes were bent on the dark columns in their front, their measured tread shook the ground, their dreadful volleys swept away the head of every formation, their deafening shouts overpowered the dissonant cries that broke from all parts of the tumultuous crowd, as slowly and with a horrid carnage it was pushed by the incessant vigour of the...
Página 427 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.
Página 465 - ... under it — to behold this nation, instead of despairing at its alarming condition, looking boldly its situation in the face, and establishing upon a spirited and permanent plan the means of relieving itself from all its encumbrances- must give such an idea of our resources as will astonish the nations around us, and enable us to regain that pre-eminence to which on many accounts we are so justly entitled.
Página 396 - XIV.,) to bury himself under the ruins of his throne rather than accept conditions unworthy of a king. He had a mind too lofty to descend lower than his fortunes had sunk him ; he knew well that courage may strengthen a crown, but infamy never.
Página 37 - Death is an eternal sleep.''' At the same time, the most sacred relations of life were placed on a new footing. Marriage was declared a civil contract, binding only during the pleasure of the contracting parties. A decree of the Convention also suppressed the academies, public schools and colleges, including those of medicine and surgery. And in this general havoc, even the establishments of charity were not safe. The revenues of the hospitals and humane institutions were confiscated and their domains...
Página 20 - The history of modern Europe has not a scene fraught with equally interesting recollections to exhibit. It is now marked by the colossal obelisk of blood-red granite which was brought from Thebes, in Upper Egypt, in 1833, by the French govern
Página 458 - In his will, which contained a vast number of bequests, were two very remarkable ones : the one was a request that his body might repose on the banks of the Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well...