History of Europe: From the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of Louis Napoleon, in 1852, Volum 1W. Blackwood and Sons, 1852 |
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... , " de . & c . VOL . I WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLII The Author of this work notifies that he reserves the right of translating it . PREFACE . DURING a period of peace the eras of HISTORY OF EUROPE.
... , " de . & c . VOL . I WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLII The Author of this work notifies that he reserves the right of translating it . PREFACE . DURING a period of peace the eras of HISTORY OF EUROPE.
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... peace the eras of history cannot be so clearly perceived on a first and superficial glance as when they are marked by the decisive events of war ; but they are not , on that account , the less obvious when their respective limits have ...
... peace the eras of history cannot be so clearly perceived on a first and superficial glance as when they are marked by the decisive events of war ; but they are not , on that account , the less obvious when their respective limits have ...
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... peace with China under the walls of Nankin ; the conquest of Scinde , and desperate passage of arms on the Sutlej . Never did appear in such striking colours the immense superiority which the arms of civilisation had acquired over those ...
... peace with China under the walls of Nankin ; the conquest of Scinde , and desperate passage of arms on the Sutlej . Never did appear in such striking colours the immense superiority which the arms of civilisation had acquired over those ...
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... peace , and the people clamoured for war , 5. Causes in France which predisposed to the Revolution of 1830 , • Page 1 2 4 ib . 7 8. Political alliance between France and England , which followed this change , ib . 6. Causes which made ...
... peace , and the people clamoured for war , 5. Causes in France which predisposed to the Revolution of 1830 , • Page 1 2 4 ib . 7 8. Political alliance between France and England , which followed this change , ib . 6. Causes which made ...
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... Peace , 33 36. Amount of that contraction , 34 37. Hopeless prospects of industry in Great Britain , 35 38. Vast effect of the discovery of the Californian gold , 36 39. What if California had not been discovered ? 37 40. Vast blessings ...
... Peace , 33 36. Amount of that contraction , 34 37. Hopeless prospects of industry in Great Britain , 35 38. Vast effect of the discovery of the Californian gold , 36 39. What if California had not been discovered ? 37 40. Vast blessings ...
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Side 66 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Side 423 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Side 430 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
Side 69 - And England sent her men, of men the chief, Who taught those sires of Empire yet to be, To plant the tree of life, — to plant fair Freedom's tree!
Side 429 - Yes, thy proud lords, unpitied land, shall see That man hath yet a soul, and dare be free. A little while, along thy saddening plains, The starless night of desolation reigns : Truth shall restore the light by Nature given, And, like Prometheus, bring the fire of heaven. Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurled ; Her name, her nature, withered from the world.
Side 352 - May, 1820, and that, from and after that period, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the crown of Spain to purchase slaves, or to carry on the slave trade, on any part of the coast of Africa, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever...
Side 502 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
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Side 212 - All the Powers who shall choose solemnly to avow the sacred principles which have dictated the present Act, and shall acknowledge how important it is for the happiness of nations, too long agitated, that these truths should henceforth exercise over the destinies of mankind all the influence which belongs to them, will be received with equal ardour and affection into this Holy Alliance.
Side 352 - Treaty, it shall not be lawful for any of the subjects of the Crown of Spain to purchase Slaves, or to carry on the Slave Trade on any part of the coast of Africa to the north of the Equator, upon any pretext or in any manner whatever...