History of Europe: From the Commemcement [sic] of the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 |
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... resolved to proceed to insurrection . The remainder of that day and the whole of the next was spent in agitation and in exciting the people by inflammatory harangues ; and such was their success , that by the morn- ing of the 27th ...
... resolved to proceed to insurrection . The remainder of that day and the whole of the next was spent in agitation and in exciting the people by inflammatory harangues ; and such was their success , that by the morn- ing of the 27th ...
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... resolved to terminate it at a blow . The Republican armies again entered the devoted territory in great force ; retook the towns in their march ; devastated the land ; and in two successive battles defeated the Vendéans , who , in ...
... resolved to terminate it at a blow . The Republican armies again entered the devoted territory in great force ; retook the towns in their march ; devastated the land ; and in two successive battles defeated the Vendéans , who , in ...
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... resolved to com- mence offensive operations . He was not long in finding an opportunity . He fell in with a detachment of Austrians near Tirlemont , and defeated them with a loss of twelve hundred men , after which he prepared to risk a ...
... resolved to com- mence offensive operations . He was not long in finding an opportunity . He fell in with a detachment of Austrians near Tirlemont , and defeated them with a loss of twelve hundred men , after which he prepared to risk a ...
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... resolved to at- tack the entire Spanish army at Truellas . This battle took place on the 22nd of September , and it ended in the total defeat of the French , with a loss of four thousand men and ten pieces of artillery . After this ...
... resolved to at- tack the entire Spanish army at Truellas . This battle took place on the 22nd of September , and it ended in the total defeat of the French , with a loss of four thousand men and ten pieces of artillery . After this ...
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... resolved to force his way at the head of a chosen band , through the enemy's lines , and seek in foreign climes that freedom that had departed from France . On the night of the 9th of October , the heroic column , consisting of two ...
... resolved to force his way at the head of a chosen band , through the enemy's lines , and seek in foreign climes that freedom that had departed from France . On the night of the 9th of October , the heroic column , consisting of two ...
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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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Page 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...
Page 427 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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
Page 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...