History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC.LXXXIX. to the Restoration of the Bourbons in M.DCCC.XV.W. Blackwood and sons, 1854 |
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... millions of francs higher than in 1803 , and was as follows : - • Francs . " 41,485,000 " 3,895,000 " 10,471,000 16,658,000 3,220,000 " Direct taxes , Registers , Customs , Excise , first year , Post - office , Lottery , Salt - tax ...
... millions of francs higher than in 1803 , and was as follows : - • Francs . " 41,485,000 " 3,895,000 " 10,471,000 16,658,000 3,220,000 " Direct taxes , Registers , Customs , Excise , first year , Post - office , Lottery , Salt - tax ...
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... millions of Hin- doos to their dominion . disguising the real designs by which he hoped to effect the latter , he intro- duced a change into the government of all the states dependent upon France ; placed on his head the iron crown of ...
... millions of Hin- doos to their dominion . disguising the real designs by which he hoped to effect the latter , he intro- duced a change into the government of all the states dependent upon France ; placed on his head the iron crown of ...
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... million francs , or £ 4,000,000 ; the military establishment cost thirty millions , the civil only six ; and a very " My sole reason for uniting Genoa to the empire was the obtaining the command of its naval resources ; and yet the ...
... million francs , or £ 4,000,000 ; the military establishment cost thirty millions , the civil only six ; and a very " My sole reason for uniting Genoa to the empire was the obtaining the command of its naval resources ; and yet the ...
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... million sterling yearly was remitted to Paris , and that the higher situations in the army were exclusively occupied by Frenchmen : a system under which the soldiers of Italy came to perform glo- rious actions before the close of the ...
... million sterling yearly was remitted to Paris , and that the higher situations in the army were exclusively occupied by Frenchmen : a system under which the soldiers of Italy came to perform glo- rious actions before the close of the ...
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... million sterling of British money . Before the commencement of the Revolutionary war , the revenues of Austria , which in 1770 amounted to 90,000,000 florins , ( £ 7,500,000 ) , had risen , by the acquisitions made in Po- land and ...
... million sterling of British money . Before the commencement of the Revolutionary war , the revenues of Austria , which in 1770 amounted to 90,000,000 florins , ( £ 7,500,000 ) , had risen , by the acquisitions made in Po- land and ...
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Página 51 - ... country, and for the benefit of Europe in general, a great and glorious victory ; and may no misconduct in any one tarnish it ! And may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British fleet ! For myself individually, I commit my life to Him that made me ; and may His blessing alight on my endeavours for serving my country faithfully.
Página 55 - as that officer, though often sent for, could not leave the deck, Nelson feared that some fatal cause prevented him, and repeatedly cried : " Will no one bring Hardy to me ? He must be killed ! He is surely dead!
Página 49 - At half-past ten drove from dear dear Merton, where I left all which I hold dear in this world, to go to serve my King and Country. May the great God whom I adore enable me to fulfil the expectations of my Country ; and if it is His good pleasure that I should return, my thanks will never cease being offered up to the Throne of His Mercy. If it is His good Providence to cut short my days upon earth, I bow with the greatest submission, relying that He will protect those so dear to me, that I may leave...
Página 50 - ... 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. We can, my dear Coll, have no little jealousies. We have only one great object in view, that of annihilating our enemies, and getting a glorious peace for our country. No man has more confidence in another than I have in you; and no man will render...
Página 50 - 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.
Página 55 - how goes the day with us?" "Very well," replied Hardy; "ten ships have struck, but five of the van have tacked, and show an intention to bear down upon the Victory. I have called two or three of our fresh ships round, and have no doubt of giving them a drubbing.
Página 59 - Nelson — so the gunner of the Victory called them ; and when, at his interment, his flag was about to be lowered into the grave, the sailors who assisted at the ceremony with one accord rent it in pieces, that each might preserve a fragment while he lived.
Página 51 - In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them." The truth is, that Nelson wore on the day of Trafalgar the same coat which he had commonly worn for weeks, on which the order of the Bath was embroidered, as was then usual.
Página 59 - His brother was made an earl, with a grant of 6000/. a year ; 10,000/. were voted to each of his sisters : and 100,000¿. for the purchase of an estate. A public funeral was decreed, and a public monument. Statues and monuments also were voted by most of our principal cities. The leaden coffin in which he was brought home was cut in pieces, which were distributed as relics of Saint Nelson, — so the gunner of the Victory...
Página 54 - Hardy, the chaplain, and the medical attendants. He himself being certain, from the sensation in his back, and the gush of blood...