History of the Wars of the French Revolution ...: Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France During that Period, with an Original History of the Last War Between the United States and Great Britain by William Grimshaw, Volume 1Bangs, 1855 - France |
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... Council of Five Hundred -Royalist Conspiracy - Election of the New Third - Conduct of the Directory censured by the Council of Five Hundred - The two Bodies become decidedly hostile - The Army espouses the Cause of the Directory - The ...
... Council of Five Hundred -Royalist Conspiracy - Election of the New Third - Conduct of the Directory censured by the Council of Five Hundred - The two Bodies become decidedly hostile - The Army espouses the Cause of the Directory - The ...
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... 19th of BRUMAIRE- Decree transferring the Sittings of the Councils from the Tuilleries to St. Cloud , and appoint- ing Bonaparte Commander - in - chief of the Forces NAVAL CAMPAIGN OF 1805 : Effects of the Decla- ration 12 CONTENTS .
... 19th of BRUMAIRE- Decree transferring the Sittings of the Councils from the Tuilleries to St. Cloud , and appoint- ing Bonaparte Commander - in - chief of the Forces NAVAL CAMPAIGN OF 1805 : Effects of the Decla- ration 12 CONTENTS .
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... Council of Ancients - Attempt to assassinate him in the Council of Five Hun- dred - Lucien Bonaparte rescued from the Fury of the Assembly by the Military - The Hall cleared by a File of Grenadiers at the sound of the Pas de Charge ...
... Council of Ancients - Attempt to assassinate him in the Council of Five Hun- dred - Lucien Bonaparte rescued from the Fury of the Assembly by the Military - The Hall cleared by a File of Grenadiers at the sound of the Pas de Charge ...
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... Council - Miscellaneous Proceedings in Parlia- ment - Close of the Session - Correspondence | between the King and the Prince of Wales , on the Subject of military Promotion BOOK III . CHAPTER I. · 434 Situation of the principal States ...
... Council - Miscellaneous Proceedings in Parlia- ment - Close of the Session - Correspondence | between the King and the Prince of Wales , on the Subject of military Promotion BOOK III . CHAPTER I. · 434 Situation of the principal States ...
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... councils ; and that they might be more at his devotion , they were chosen from the cities and towns within his own ... council of the nation assembled every year in the Champ de Mars ; so called from the month in which they usually met ...
... councils ; and that they might be more at his devotion , they were chosen from the cities and towns within his own ... council of the nation assembled every year in the Champ de Mars ; so called from the month in which they usually met ...
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Page 192 - ... to be faithful to the nation, the law, and the king, and to support with all his power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king.
Page 250 - The very disgraceful frequency of courts-martial, and the many complaints of irregularities in the conduct of the troops in this kingdom, having too unfortunately proved the Army to be in a state of licentiousness which must render it formidable to every one but the enemy...
Page 370 - You know, Foley, I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
Page 80 - Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, That general reprisals be granted against the ships, goods, and subjects of the States-General of the United Provinces...
Page 422 - The noise subsided, and he was asked if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him.
Page 26 - The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty ; nor can any individual, or any body of men, be entitled to any authority which is not expressly derived from it.
Page 322 - And will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the united Church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline and government thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland and the territories thereunto belonging?
Page 232 - August, off the mouth of the Nile. The Enemy were moored in a strong line of battle for defending the entrance of the Bay (of Shoals), flanked by numerous gunboats, four frigates, and a battery of guns and mortars...
Page 231 - ... dead; he had received three wounds, yet would not leave his post; a fourth cut him almost in two. He desired not to be carried below, but to be left to die upon deck.
Page 321 - Ireland have severally agreed and resolved, that, in order to promote and secure the essential interests of Great Britain and Ireland, and to consolidate the strength, power and resources of the British empire, it will be adviseable to concur in such measures as may best tend to unite the two kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland...