Vienna, in 1815. It is on this last foundation that the political edifice of Europe now rests; and nevertheless, your Majesty is not ignorant, it is crumbling to pieces on all sides. If one considers attentively the situation of the different countries,... Political and Legal Remedies for War - Page 270by Sheldon Amos - 1880 - 364 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...situation of the different countries is attentively considered, it is impossible not to admit that in almost all points the treaties of Vienna are destroyed, modified, disregarded, or menaced. When so iiu|iortaut a pro;iosal as that which the Emperor has put forth is made to rest on certain... | |
| England - 1864 - 814 pages
...crumbling to pieces on all sides. "If one considers attentively the situation of the different countries, it is impossible not to admit that on almost all points...since the improvements produced by civilisation, which have united peoples together by an identity of material interests, would render war still more destructive.... | |
| 1864 - 998 pages
...crumbling to pieces on all sides. If one considers attentively the situation of the different countries, it is impossible not to admit that on almost all points...are destroyed, modified, disregarded, or menaced. Hen« there are duties without rule, rights without title, pretensions without restraint — a peril... | |
| History, Modern - 1863 - 564 pages
...different countries is attentively considered, it is impossible 12 Nov. Ш3. not to admit that , in almost all points , the treaties of Vienna are destroyed, modified , disregarded , or menaced. When so important a proposal as that which the Emperor has put forth is made to rest on certain grounds... | |
| Scotland - 1864 - 806 pages
...crumbling to piece8 on all sides. " If one considers attentively the situation of the different cou:. tries it is impossible not to admit that on almost all points...the improvements produced by civilisation, which has umted peoples together by an identity of material interests, would render war still more destructive.... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1864 - 608 pages
...of Europe rests is crumbling to pieces on all sides. "It is impossible not to admit," he writes, " that on almost all points the Treaties of Vienna are destroyed, modified, disregarded, or menaced." This statement of Napoleon's, which is his chief plea for the meeting of a Congress, is disputed by... | |
| England - 1864 - 820 pages
...all sides. " If one considers attentively the situation of the different couetries it is ¡inpossible not to admit that on almost all points the Treaties of Vienna »re destroyed, modified, disregarded, or menaced! Hence there are duties without rule, rights without... | |
| Thomas Dennis Rock - 1866 - 194 pages
...rather coolly intimated : — If one considers attentively the situation of the different countries, it is impossible not to admit that on almost all points...are destroyed, modified, disregarded, or menaced. — Emperor Napoleon to Queen Victoria in reference to the Congress, Nov. 4, 1863. And there can be... | |
| James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...situation of the different countries is attentively considered, it is impossible not to admit that, in the press, and every violence of language ; it is no longer even the labours of the factio " When so important a proposal as that which the emperor has put forth is made to rest on certain grounds,... | |
| Earl John Russell Russell - Great Britain - 1870 - 518 pages
...crumbling to pieces on all sides. If one considers attentively the situation of the different countries, it is impossible not to admit that on almost all points...interests, would render war still more destructive. This is a matter for serious reflection. Let us not delay taking a decision until sudden and irresistible... | |
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