The age we live in: a history of the nineteenth century, Volumen3,Parte21882 |
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... Britain when the War. CANCES Suramgunj & Ghat Brig Tanie Brg Hove GeHope tim Sheorajpoor Kind Nullah From C Calpec From Delhi and Ally gurh ENEMY IN RETREAT From Calpee SHAH POOR MOBARUCKPOO CAWN POOR Nov 26 Bewsee Shali Burra Saverda ...
... Britain when the War. CANCES Suramgunj & Ghat Brig Tanie Brg Hove GeHope tim Sheorajpoor Kind Nullah From C Calpec From Delhi and Ally gurh ENEMY IN RETREAT From Calpee SHAH POOR MOBARUCKPOO CAWN POOR Nov 26 Bewsee Shali Burra Saverda ...
Página 249
... Britain was not in a condition to enter promptly and vigorously upon a war . The party in the House of Commons and in the country who were the strenuous advocates of econ- omy and peace had time after time insisted on the reduction of ...
... Britain was not in a condition to enter promptly and vigorously upon a war . The party in the House of Commons and in the country who were the strenuous advocates of econ- omy and peace had time after time insisted on the reduction of ...
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... Britain that this threatened blow should be directed against Sebastopol - a strong fortress on the south - west side of the Crimea — and that ' the grand political and military objects of the war could not be attained so long as ...
... Britain that this threatened blow should be directed against Sebastopol - a strong fortress on the south - west side of the Crimea — and that ' the grand political and military objects of the war could not be attained so long as ...
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... Britain , America , and even China , and yet our hospitals were for a long time left un- provided with that indispensable drug . In some cases medical stores sent out from London , instead of being deposited in the most accessible part ...
... Britain , America , and even China , and yet our hospitals were for a long time left un- provided with that indispensable drug . In some cases medical stores sent out from London , instead of being deposited in the most accessible part ...
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... Britain and France , between Varna and Balaklava , in connec- tion with the system of communication by telegraph with our country which already existed . Hitherto the first news of what was passing in the Crimea had reached us | through ...
... Britain and France , between Varna and Balaklava , in connec- tion with the system of communication by telegraph with our country which already existed . Hitherto the first news of what was passing in the Crimea had reached us | through ...
Términos y frases comunes
allied ammunition arms army artillery assailants assault attack attempt Austria Balaklava batteries battle Bithoor body brigade Brigadier Britain British Government brought camp Captain captured carried cause cavalry Cawnpore Colonel column command compelled Confederate Crimea death declared defeated defence Delhi despatched Duchies enemy enemy's escape European favour Federal feeling Fenian fire force fortress France French Emperor garrison Governor-General guns hands Havelock heavy House India infantry Italy June killed King Lord Elgin Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston Lord Raglan loss Lucknow M'Clellan Meerut ment miles military mutiny native troops night North Northern officers Oude Outram party Patna peace position President Prince prisoners Punjaub rebels redoubts refused regiments retreat river Russian Sardinia Sebastopol sent Sepoys shot siege Sikhs Sir Colin Sir James Outram slave slavery soldiers South Southern strong success suffering taken territory tion took town treaty Turkish Union vessels whole wounded
Pasajes populares
Página 51 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 43 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Página 51 - I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the Colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 56 - With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Página 293 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag ; 4.
Página 44 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Página 51 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy Slavery.
Página 56 - It would have been presented at once, but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life, and all the ability I possessed.
Página 49 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Página 90 - Gentlemen — the Exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new startingpoint from which all nations will be able to direct their further exertions.