 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1830 - 298 pages
...in commencing the discharge of its duties, to communicate the event directly to your majesty. " Must the war, which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world, be eternal ? Is there no room for accommodation? How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe,... | |
 | Laure Junot (duchesse d'Abrantès.) - 1832 - 446 pages
...for the happiness of the world to give peace to the struggling nations. "Let us terminate," said he, "the war which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world. Must it be eternal ? Is there no means of coming to a mutual understanding ?" And while he wrote these invitations to... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 428 pages
...Republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your Majesty. The war, which for eight years has ravaged the four...beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and the happiness... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 418 pages
...Republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your Majesty. The war, which for eight years has ravaged the four...beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and the happiness... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1835 - 352 pages
...Britain ; indicating a desire of peace, and appealing to his majesty in the following terms : — ' How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe,...beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness, the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and domestic happiness... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1835 - 304 pages
...in commencing the discharge of its duties, to communicate the event directly to your majesty. " Must the war, which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world, be eternal ? Is there no room for accommodation? How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe,... | |
 | Thomas Smart Hughes - Great Britain - 1836 - 486 pages
...Bri-! tain, indicating a desire of peace, and appealing to ' his majesty in the following terms : — 'How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe,...beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness, the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and domestic happiness... | |
 | Laure Junot Abrantès (duchesse d') - France - 1836 - 580 pages
...the happiness of the world, to give peace to the struggling nations. " Let us terminate," said he, " the war which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world. Must it be eternal ? Is there no means of coming to a mutual understanding?" Napoleon and his government enjoyed at this... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1836 - 490 pages
...the discharge of the duties of this office, to communicate the event directly to your Majesty. " Must the war, which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters of the world, be eternal? Is there no room for accommodation ? " How can the two most enlightened nations in Europe,... | |
 | Edward Pelham Brenton - Great Britain - 1837 - 968 pages
...republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your Majesty. The war, which, for eight years, has ravaged the four...nations of Europe, powerful and strong beyond what their independence requires, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity,... | |
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Called by the wishes of the French nation to occupy the first magistracy of the republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your majesty. " The war, which for eight years has ravaged the four quarters... 
