John Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Volume 8John Frederick Smith W. Kent and Company, 1864 - Great Britain |
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... night passed without any disturbance . Next day the Assembly resumed its sittings , and while engaged in its deliberations , an officer entered , and commanded the members to disperse as an illegal meeting . The Vice- President was in ...
... night passed without any disturbance . Next day the Assembly resumed its sittings , and while engaged in its deliberations , an officer entered , and commanded the members to disperse as an illegal meeting . The Vice- President was in ...
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... night was described by an Austrian journal as decidedly the most anxious one Vienna had wit- nessed since the bombardment of Napoleon , in 1809 . " Till dawn the streets swarmed with armed men scat- tered in groups , and now and then a ...
... night was described by an Austrian journal as decidedly the most anxious one Vienna had wit- nessed since the bombardment of Napoleon , in 1809 . " Till dawn the streets swarmed with armed men scat- tered in groups , and now and then a ...
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... night , when the truce was to terminate , a deputation conveyed the submission of the city to the Imperial commander - in - chief . 66 " " In the meantime the organisation of the insurgents began to melt away ; the clubs were dissolved ...
... night , when the truce was to terminate , a deputation conveyed the submission of the city to the Imperial commander - in - chief . 66 " " In the meantime the organisation of the insurgents began to melt away ; the clubs were dissolved ...
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... night , 10,000 national guards demand for reform . Marshal Radetsky was the Com- assembled , and marched in torchlight procession , pre - mander - in - Chief of the Austrian forces in Italy , with ceded by the busts of Pius IX . and ...
... night , 10,000 national guards demand for reform . Marshal Radetsky was the Com- assembled , and marched in torchlight procession , pre - mander - in - Chief of the Austrian forces in Italy , with ceded by the busts of Pius IX . and ...
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... night and day . The insurgents bravely defended themselves till their pro- visions were exhausted , and they were scarcely able to stand to their guns . Their ammunition had been all consumed . On the other hand , reinforcements by ...
... night and day . The insurgents bravely defended themselves till their pro- visions were exhausted , and they were scarcely able to stand to their guns . Their ammunition had been all consumed . On the other hand , reinforcements by ...
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Page 513 - And it is our further will that, so far as may be, our subjects, of whatever race or creed, be freely and impartially admitted to offices in our service, the duties of which they may be qualified by their education, ability, and integrity duly to discharge.
Page 514 - In their prosperity will be our strength ; in their contentment our security ; and in their gratitude our best reward. And may the God of all power grant to us, and to those in authority under us, strength to carry out these our wishes for the good of our people.
Page 115 - Your beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which normally constituted, form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion; Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament from which its light had long vanished, and begins now anew its course of regularly adjusted action round the centre of unity, the source of jurisdiction, of light, and of vigour.
Page 513 - We hereby announce to the Native Princes of India that all Treaties and Engagements made with them by or under the authority of the Honourable East India Company, are by us accepted, and will be scrupulously maintained ; and We look for the like observance on their part.
Page 513 - We desire no extension of our present territorial possessions ; and while we will permit no aggression upon our dominions, or our rights, to be attempted with impunity, we shall sanction no encroachment on those of others. We shall respect the rights, dignity, and honour of native princes as our own, and we desire that they, as well as our own subjects, should enjoy that prosperity and that social advancement which can only be secured by internal peace and good government.
Page 126 - Having once given her sanction to a measure, that it be not arbitrarily altered or modified by the Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister.
Page 375 - Sardinia, declare the Sublime Porte admitted to participate in the advantages of the public law and system (concert) of Europe. Their Majesties engage, each on his part, to respect the independence and the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire ; guarantee in common the strict observance of that engagement, and will, in consequence, consider any act tending to its violation as a question of general interest.
Page 137 - Principalities are, he said, in fact, an independent State under my protection, this might so continue, Servia might receive the same form of government, so again with Bulgaria, there seems to be no reason why this province should not form an independent State. As to Egypt, I quite understand the importance to England of that territory. I can then only say that if, in the event of a distribution of the Ottoman succession upon the fall of the Empire, you should take possession of Egypt, I shall have...
Page 126 - Minister; such an act she must consider as failing in sincerity towards the Crown, and justly to be visited by the exercise of her Constitutional right of dismissing that Minister. She expects to be kept informed of what passes between him and the Foreign Ministers before important decisions are taken, based upon that intercourse ; to receive the Foreign Despatches in good time, and to have the drafts for her approval sent to her in sufficient time to make herself acquainted with their contents before...
Page 229 - Certainly, sir ; but allow me to point out to you that the Russians have a battery in the valley on our front, and batteries and riflemen on both sides.