History of the Wars Occasioned by the French Revolution, from the Commencement of Hostilities in 1792, to the End of 1816: Embracing a Complete History of the Revolution, Svazek 1W. Lewis, 1817 |
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Strana vi
... Force . - Unsuccessful Attempts on the French Flotilla . - Defeat of Admiral Linois . - Capture of the Spanish Treasure - ships • CHAP . VII . - Spain declares War against England.— Animosity of the French Emperor . - His Letter to the ...
... Force . - Unsuccessful Attempts on the French Flotilla . - Defeat of Admiral Linois . - Capture of the Spanish Treasure - ships • CHAP . VII . - Spain declares War against England.— Animosity of the French Emperor . - His Letter to the ...
Strana vii
... Force . - Gallant Exploit of two Vessels in the Mediterranean . - Situation of the Navy much improved . - Project for making the Har- bour of Falmouth a naval Arsenal abandoned . - Extra- ordinary Efforts of the combined French and ...
... Force . - Gallant Exploit of two Vessels in the Mediterranean . - Situation of the Navy much improved . - Project for making the Har- bour of Falmouth a naval Arsenal abandoned . - Extra- ordinary Efforts of the combined French and ...
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... Force may prepare them , it is true , and weakness or folly may wear them ; but force does not oblige , and weakness and folly cannot engage them- selves . All lawful submission is voluntary in its prin- ciple ; a guilty citizen has ...
... Force may prepare them , it is true , and weakness or folly may wear them ; but force does not oblige , and weakness and folly cannot engage them- selves . All lawful submission is voluntary in its prin- ciple ; a guilty citizen has ...
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... force of the French commander - in - chief at this period , it is said , did not equal that under the authority of General Clairfait ; but , in this mo- ment of suspense , the military genius of Dumou- riez burst forth with great ...
... force of the French commander - in - chief at this period , it is said , did not equal that under the authority of General Clairfait ; but , in this mo- ment of suspense , the military genius of Dumou- riez burst forth with great ...
Strana 48
... force was far superior to his own , he de- clined an engagement till the morning of the 23d , when he received reinforcements . The French were driven from Cæsar's Camp in great confu- sion , and with considerable loss . Soon after they ...
... force was far superior to his own , he de- clined an engagement till the morning of the 23d , when he received reinforcements . The French were driven from Cæsar's Camp in great confu- sion , and with considerable loss . Soon after they ...
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Strana 11 - The unrestrained communication of thoughts and opinions being one of the most precious Rights of Man, every citizen may speak, write, and publish freely, provided he is responsible for the abuse of this liberty, in cases determined by the law.
Strana 366 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Strana 414 - I have but one request to ask, at my departure from this world; it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for, as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Strana 264 - All neutral or allied Powers shall, without delay, be notified that the flag of the French republic will treat neutral vessels, either as to confiscation, as to searches, or capture, in the same manner as they shall suffer the English to treat them.1 Under this decree widespread and indiscriminate depredations were committed on the commerce of the United States.
Strana 366 - About to enter, fellow-citizens, on the exercise of duties which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of our government, and, consequently, those which ought to shape its administration.
Strana 11 - VII. No man should be accused, arrested, or held in confinement, except in cases determined by the law, and according to the forms which it has prescribed. All who promote, solicit, execute, or cause to be executed, arbitrary orders, ought to be punished...
Strana 366 - With experience enough in subordinate offices to have seen the difficulties of this the greatest of all, I have learnt to expect that it will rarely fall to the lot of imperfect man to retire from this station with the reputation and the favor which bring him into it.
Strana 414 - When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth — then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I HAVE DONE.
Strana 366 - ... militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Strana 414 - ... of such foul and unfounded imputations as have been laid against me in this court. You, my lord, are a judge ; I am the supposed culprit.