The French Revolutions from 1789 to 1848, Μέρος 1W. and R. Chambers, 1848 |
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Σελίδα 97
... foreign affairs . It led to an immediate discussion of the question , whether the king should be intrusted with the capacity of declaring war without the express sanction of the legislative body . So keen was the interest excited by the ...
... foreign affairs . It led to an immediate discussion of the question , whether the king should be intrusted with the capacity of declaring war without the express sanction of the legislative body . So keen was the interest excited by the ...
Σελίδα 108
... foreign troops as they could collect , and , joining forces , were to march on Paris , deliver the king from bondage , and restore the good old system . This was precisely what the king foreboded with tre- pidation . The triumph of the ...
... foreign troops as they could collect , and , joining forces , were to march on Paris , deliver the king from bondage , and restore the good old system . This was precisely what the king foreboded with tre- pidation . The triumph of the ...
Σελίδα 109
... foreign powers to extricate him from his dilemma . In this frame of mind , he commissioned the Baron de Breteuil + to visit the different courts of Europe , with the view of combining them in a coalition , which , by its remonstrances ...
... foreign powers to extricate him from his dilemma . In this frame of mind , he commissioned the Baron de Breteuil + to visit the different courts of Europe , with the view of combining them in a coalition , which , by its remonstrances ...
Σελίδα 116
... foreign secretary , was expressly separated from his colleagues , and de- clared to merit the approbation of the country . On the contrary , it was regarded as tantamount to a vote of censure , and the ob- noxious ministers did not ...
... foreign secretary , was expressly separated from his colleagues , and de- clared to merit the approbation of the country . On the contrary , it was regarded as tantamount to a vote of censure , and the ob- noxious ministers did not ...
Σελίδα 143
... foreign powers and on domestic parties , that the sanction of Louis XVI . should appear to be given voluntarily , and free from all constraint ; with which view they proposed that he should be set completely at liberty , and invited to ...
... foreign powers and on domestic parties , that the sanction of Louis XVI . should appear to be given voluntarily , and free from all constraint ; with which view they proposed that he should be set completely at liberty , and invited to ...
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accordingly allies amidst appointed arms army Assembly assignats Austrian battle body Bonaparte Bouillé Bourbons British cause Chamber Chamber of Deputies character Clairfayt clergy command Committee Commune constitution Consul Convention council court crown danger Danton death declared decree deputies Duke Duke of Orleans Dumouriez effect Emperor enemies England Europe excited exclaimed execution favour force foreign Fouché France French gave Girondins head held honour hostile Jacobin Club Jacobins king Lafayette latter liberty Louis XVI Louis XVIII Massena measure ment military minister ministry Mirabeau monarch Napoleon National Guards Necker officers palace Paris party passed patriots peace person popular possessed president Prince principal prisoners Prussia queen refused Republic republican resistance restored retired retreat Revolution revolutionary Rhine Robespierre royal Royalists Russian sans-culottes seized soldiers Spain spirit States-General success Talleyrand throne tion took treaty tribune troops Tuileries victory Villele voted Wellington whilst whole
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Σελίδα 59 - A victim to the factions which distract my country, and to the enmity 'of the greatest powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws ; which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Σελίδα 153 - I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Σελίδα 16 - ... he proceeds to general reflection on the condition and prospects of Europe. "In a word, if we seriously consider me mode of supporting great standing armies, which becomes daily more prevalent, it will appear evident, that nothing less than a convulsion that will shake the globe to its centre, can ever restore the European nations to that liberty by which they were once so much distinguished.
Σελίδα 263 - ... at Moscow. Besides, the state of the army is such as to render a halt impossible : constant advance alone keeps it together ; you may lead it forward, but you cannot arrest its movement. We have advanced too far to retreat. If I had...
Σελίδα 39 - ... already have joined his faction, or shall hereafter join it, in order to force him to desist from his projects, and to render him unable to disturb in future the tranquillity of Europe, and the general peace under the protection of which the rights, the liberty, and independence of nations had been recently placed and secured.
Σελίδα 245 - my good Josephine, you know how I have loved you; it is to you alone that I owe the few moments of happiness I have known in the world. Josephine, my destiny is more powerful than my will; my dearest affections must yield to the interests of France.
Σελίδα 48 - ... that the enemies of the republic have opposed this committee to the committee of public safety, and have thus constituted two governments; that members of the committee of public safety are...
Σελίδα 153 - aspires to the mayoralty, in the hope of soon becoming a mayor of the palace ; Pe'tion is a Jacobin and a republican, but he is a fool, incapable of rendering himself the head of a party.
Σελίδα 14 - In commencing war for maintaining the national independence, I relied on the union of all efforts, of all wills, and the concurrence of all the national authorities. I had reason to hope for success, and I braved all the declarations of the powers against me. " Circumstances appear to me changed.
Σελίδα 14 - My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French. " The present ministers will provisionally form the council of the government. The interest which I take in my son induces me to invite the Chambers to form, without delay, the regency by a law. " Unite all for the public safety, in order to remain an independent nation. (Signed)