British War History During the Present CenturySimpkin, Marshall, 1869 - 296 من الصفحات |
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Admiral ambition Amiens amount Annual Register appeared army Austria battles better blood bloodshed Bonaparte Britain British Government cause China Chinese Christian civilised cloth coalition Cobden colonial consequence Consul continued Crimean Crimean war declared deeds disgraceful Emperor empire English Europe European Congress event favour fearful forces foreign France French Revolution George George III guilty History honour House of Commons human India Joseph Sturge justice Kafirs King of England kingdom land less London Peace Society Lord Lord John Russell Lord Palmerston Majesty Majesty's Manchester mankind ment mercy millions ministers ministry Napoleon national debt negociation never noble object occasion opium pacific Paris Parliament parties peace of Amiens period political present princes principles proof proposal proved reign religion rulers Russia scene Sovereign spirit suffering sword Taepings taxation throne tion treaty treaty of Amiens Turkey whole WILLIAM STOKES
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الصفحة 36 - Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.
الصفحة 214 - The Plenipotentiaries do not hesitate to express, in the name of their Governments, the wish that States between which any serious misunderstanding may arise, should, before appealing to arms, have recourse, as far as circumstances might allow, to the good offices of a friendly Power.
الصفحة 215 - If there should arise between the Sublime Porte and one or more of the other signing Powers, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte, and each of such Powers, before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other Contracting Parties the opportunity of preventing such an extremity by means of their mediation.
الصفحة 43 - Called to the throne of France by Providence, and by the suffrages of the senate, the people, and the army, my first sentiment is a wish for peace. France and England abuse their prosperity. They may contend for ages ; but do 'their governments well fulfil the most sacred of their duties, and will not so much blood shed uselessly, and without a view to any end, condemn them in their own consciences] I consider it as no disgrace to make the first step.
الصفحة 9 - ... the happiness of families ? How is it that they do not feel that peace is of the first necessity, as well as the first glory ? These sentiments cannot be foreign to the heart of your Majesty, who • Corresponding with December 25th, 1799.
الصفحة 8 - How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe, powerful and strong beyond what their safety and independence require, sacrifice to ideas of vain greatness the benefits of commerce, internal prosperity, and the happiness of families...
الصفحة 8 - 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.
الصفحة 176 - How, or when, the retribution will react upon us, I presume not to say. The rapine in Mexico and Peru was retaliated upon Spain in the ruin of her finances. In France, the razzias of Algeria were repaid by her own troops, in the massacres of the Boulevards, and the savage combats in the streets of Paris. Let us hope that the national conscience, which has before averted from England, by timely atonement and reparation, the punishment due for imperial crimes, will be roused ere it be too late from...
الصفحة 109 - British good faith will be lost in the hospitality of the Bellerophon. I appeal to history ; it will say that an enemy, who...