Epitome of Alison's History of Europe from the Commecement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 ... |
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Page 559 - I place 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.
Page 399 - ... and other officers to bring it back to the state in which it ought to be for service ; but I am concerned to have to observe that the army under my command has fallen off in this respect in the late campaign to a greater degree than any army...
Page 558 - ... news that Napoleon had escaped from Elba burst upon the world like a thunderclap ! The call to arms rang throughout Europe, and then followed the terrible Hundred Days which ended on June the eighteenth with the Battle of Waterloo. Alison in his Epitome of the History of Europe says, " No one who was of an age to understand what was going on can ever forget the entrancing joy which thrilled through the British heart at the news of Waterloo. The thanks of Parliament were voted to Wellington and...
Page 423 - Nine-tenths of the city were destroyed, and the remainder, abandoned to pillage, and deserted by the inhabitants, offered no resources to the army.
Page 545 - Victory will march at the pas de charge ; the eagle, with the national colours, will fly from steeple to steeple, till it lights on the towers of Notre Dame.