The Pictorial History of England During the Reign of George the Third: 1802-1820C. Knight, 1844 |
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... attempting to play the farce of modesty , Buonaparte repaired to the hall where the Italian deputies were assem ... attempt much except as a member of a new European coalition . Before the signatures were set to the treaty at Amiens ...
... attempting to play the farce of modesty , Buonaparte repaired to the hall where the Italian deputies were assem ... attempt much except as a member of a new European coalition . Before the signatures were set to the treaty at Amiens ...
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... attempt : a petition of right in his behalf had now been lying six years in the Court of Chancery without a hearing ; and Lord Loughborough , the present chancellor , had repeatedly refused to allow the ordinary proceed- ings . ] Mr ...
... attempt : a petition of right in his behalf had now been lying six years in the Court of Chancery without a hearing ; and Lord Loughborough , the present chancellor , had repeatedly refused to allow the ordinary proceed- ings . ] Mr ...
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... attempt from the enemy , adding that his wish to accommodate himself to anything which the minister might re- present as material to the public service would make him desirous to comply with his request ; but that , if there was reason ...
... attempt from the enemy , adding that his wish to accommodate himself to anything which the minister might re- present as material to the public service would make him desirous to comply with his request ; but that , if there was reason ...
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... attempt , if forced into a war , by putting himself at the head of the expedition ; but was it to be supposed that , after having gained the height on which he stood , he would risk his life and repu- tation in such a hazardous attempt ...
... attempt , if forced into a war , by putting himself at the head of the expedition ; but was it to be supposed that , after having gained the height on which he stood , he would risk his life and repu- tation in such a hazardous attempt ...
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... attempt the dismemberment of France , but not to intimidate her . * A day or two after this Lord Whitworth , who had not been there since the private conference with the Consul , went to the Tuileries . It was Sunday the 13th of March ...
... attempt the dismemberment of France , but not to intimidate her . * A day or two after this Lord Whitworth , who had not been there since the private conference with the Consul , went to the Tuileries . It was Sunday the 13th of March ...
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Страница 184 - my plan of attack, as far as a man dare venture to guess at the very uncertain position the enemy may be found in : but it is to place you perfectly at ease respecting my intentions, and to give full scope to your judgment for carrying them into effect.
Страница 194 - First. That she obtained the King of Spain's letter, in 1796, to his brother, the King of Naples, acquainting him of his intention to declare war against England; from which letter the ministry...
Страница 357 - It is as well as it is. I had rather it should go out of the field with me ;" and in that manner, so becoming to a soldier, Moore was borne from the fight.
Страница 194 - Jervis to strike a stroke, if opportunity offered, against either the arsenals of Spain or her fleets. That neither of these was done is not the fault of Lady Hamilton; the opportunity might have been offered.
Страница 407 - Cochrane communicated to me by telegraph, that seven of the enemy's ships were on shore and might be destroyed. I immediately made the signal for the fleet to unmoor and weigh, intending to proceed with it to effect their destruction.
Страница 187 - A few minutes afterwards a shot struck the fore-brace bits on the quarter-deck, and passed between Nelson and Hardy, a splinter from the bit. tearing off Hardy's buckle and bruising his foot. Both stopped, and looked anxiously at each other ; each supposed the other to be wounded. Nelson then smiled, and said : " This is too warm work, Hardy, to last long.
Страница 189 - but I bargained for twenty." And then in a stronger voice he said, "Anchor, Hardy, anchor.
Страница 137 - France only a secondary object ; and does not your majesty already possess more than you know how to preserve ? If your majesty would but reflect, you must perceive that the war is without an object, without any presumable result to yourself. Alas ! what a melancholy prospect, to cause two nations to fight merely for the sake of fighting...
Страница 184 - ... two-deckers. The second in command, having the entire direction of his line, was to break through the enemy, about the twelfth ship from their rear : he would lead through the centre, and the advanced squadron was to cut off three or four ahead of the centre.
Страница 52 - J ask to be allowed to display the best energies of my character; to shed the last drop of my blood in support of your majesty's person, crown, and dignity ; for this is not a war for empire, glory, or dominions, but for existence.