Pictorial History of France and Normandy: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time : with a Full Account of the Revolution and of the Several Rebellions of 1848Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1848 - 512 страници |
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... remained subject to the Romans . 4. The first enterprise of Clovis was an attack on the Roman province where Syagrius , the provincial go- vernor , was aiming at royal power ; Clovis , at the early age of nineteen , completely defeated ...
... remained subject to the Romans . 4. The first enterprise of Clovis was an attack on the Roman province where Syagrius , the provincial go- vernor , was aiming at royal power ; Clovis , at the early age of nineteen , completely defeated ...
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... remained in the hands of Hugh , who , in addition to the county of Paris , his paternal inheritance , possessed the duchies of France and Burgundy . Either disliking the title of king , or dreading the jealousy of the nobles , Hugh a ...
... remained in the hands of Hugh , who , in addition to the county of Paris , his paternal inheritance , possessed the duchies of France and Burgundy . Either disliking the title of king , or dreading the jealousy of the nobles , Hugh a ...
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... remained in Germany , escaped the captivity of their parents . 5. The sons of Charles ap- pear to have been taken under the protection of the emperor of Germany , and to have resigned all claims to the throne of France . A descendant of ...
... remained in Germany , escaped the captivity of their parents . 5. The sons of Charles ap- pear to have been taken under the protection of the emperor of Germany , and to have resigned all claims to the throne of France . A descendant of ...
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... remained five years . Having at length made his escape , he suddenly pre- sented himself before Richard , while he was hunting , in a squalid dress , and earnestly solicited forgiveness . The duke generously granted him his pardon , and ...
... remained five years . Having at length made his escape , he suddenly pre- sented himself before Richard , while he was hunting , in a squalid dress , and earnestly solicited forgiveness . The duke generously granted him his pardon , and ...
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... remained at Antioch , indulging in the most criminal excesses , and Louis resolved at all hazards to obtain a divorce . During the absence of the king the administration of affairs had been trusted to the abbé Segur , under whose ...
... remained at Antioch , indulging in the most criminal excesses , and Louis resolved at all hazards to obtain a divorce . During the absence of the king the administration of affairs had been trusted to the abbé Segur , under whose ...
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alliance allies Anjou appeared arms army attacked attempt Austrians barricades battle became Bourbon Brittany brother Buonaparte cardinal cause Charlemagne Charles church clergy command commenced compelled conquests count count of Flanders court crown dauphin death declared defeated died dominions dreading duke of Anjou duke of Burgundy duke of Guise duke of Orleans Edward emperor enemy engaged England English Europe favour favourite Flanders forces French garrison Gaul Guienne head Henry honour hostility Hugonots invaded Italy king of France king of Navarre king's kingdom leaders length Lothaire Louis XIV ment minister monarch Napoleon national guard negociations night nobility nobles Normandy obtained palace Paris party peace Philip pope popular possession prince of Condé prisoner protestants province queen refused reign republic resistance resolved restored retreat royal ruin seized sent siege soldiers soon sovereign Spain succeeded success surrender thousand throne tion took town treaty troops victory
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Страница 382 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow...
Страница 382 - NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning.
Страница 284 - And there was a great cry in Egypt — lamentation and bitter weeping — for there was not a house in which there was not one dead.
Страница 382 - But half of our heavy task was done, When the clock struck the hour for retiring ; And we heard the distant and random gun That the foe was sullenly firing. Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory ; We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Страница 382 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Страница 63 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Страница 268 - Paris at the head of his most trusty followers, delivered the most violent of the murderers to the executioner, deprived the Sixteen of the Bastille, which had been their principal stronghold, and thus finally crushed a detestable faction, which derived its whole strength from the madness of fanaticism. 11. But these favourable events were not sufficient to put Henry in possession of the kingdom, while he professed a religion odious to the majority of his subjects ; his most faithful followers, protestant...
Страница 466 - Citizens ! for my part, I will never adopt the red flag ; and I will explain in a word why I will oppose it with all the strength of my patriotism. It is, citizens, because the...
Страница 252 - His foes' derision, and his subjects' blame, And steals to death from anguish and from shame.
Страница 441 - Amidst the agitation that hostile and blind passions foment, a conviction animates and supports me, which is that we possess in the constitutional monarchy — in the union of the great powers of the state— sure means of overcoming all those obstacles, and of satisfying all interests, moral and material. Let us firmly maintain, according to the charter, social order, and all its conditions. Let us guarantee, according to the charter, the public liberties and all their developments.