Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 9R. Bagshaw, 1806 - Great Britain |
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... soldiers , and officers of the first merit . They said . they had seen the Emperor reduced to a handful of men , re - possess himself of vic- tory , under the most difficult circumstances , by rapid and unforeseen operations , and de ...
... soldiers , and officers of the first merit . They said . they had seen the Emperor reduced to a handful of men , re - possess himself of vic- tory , under the most difficult circumstances , by rapid and unforeseen operations , and de ...
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... soldiers upon seeing him . Lighted straw was placed in an instant upon the tops of thousands of poles , and 80,000 men appeared before the Emperor , saluting him with acclamations : some to celebrate the anniversary of his coronation ...
... soldiers upon seeing him . Lighted straw was placed in an instant upon the tops of thousands of poles , and 80,000 men appeared before the Emperor , saluting him with acclamations : some to celebrate the anniversary of his coronation ...
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... Soldiers , we must finish this campaign by a thunder- bolt , which shall confound the pride of our enemies : " and ... soldier . - The French army , though fine and numerous , was less numerous than the enemy's army , which was 105,000 ...
... Soldiers , we must finish this campaign by a thunder- bolt , which shall confound the pride of our enemies : " and ... soldier . - The French army , though fine and numerous , was less numerous than the enemy's army , which was 105,000 ...
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... Soldiers , the Russian array is before you , to avenge the Austrian army at Ulm . They are the same battalions you beat at Tolle- brun , and which you have constantly pur- sued . The positions we occupy are formi dable ; and whilst they ...
... Soldiers , the Russian array is before you , to avenge the Austrian army at Ulm . They are the same battalions you beat at Tolle- brun , and which you have constantly pur- sued . The positions we occupy are formi dable ; and whilst they ...
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... soldiers to - day .'- -Το every wounded soldier the Emperor left a person to take him to the waggons provided for the wounded . It is horrible to mention , that 48 hours after the battle , there were a great number of wounded Russians ...
... soldiers to - day .'- -Το every wounded soldier the Emperor left a person to take him to the waggons provided for the wounded . It is horrible to mention , that 48 hours after the battle , there were a great number of wounded Russians ...
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Page 271 - Treaty signed this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time. In witness whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto their seals.
Page 433 - The right of a neutral to carry on a commercial intercourse with every part of the dominions of a belligerent, permitted by the laws of the country, (with the exception of blockaded ports and contraband of war,) was believed to have been decided between Great Britain and the United States by the sentence of...
Page 159 - God, in order to obtain pardon of Our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up Our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty, for averting those heavy judgments which Our manifold provocations have most justly deserved...
Page 159 - God : and, for the better and more orderly solemnising the same, we have given directions to the most reverend the archbishops and the right reverend the bishops of England and Ireland, to compose a form of prayer suitable to this occasion, to be used in all churches, chapels, and places of public worship, and to take care the same be timely dispersed throughout their respective dioceses.
Page 373 - Every printer of a newspaper to print his name at the bottom of the paper. ' 2. Every editor and proprietor of a paper to deliver in his name, and place of abode, to the Secretary to the Government.
Page 285 - The present separate article shall have the same force and value as if it were inserted, word for word, in the treaty signed this day, and shall be ratified at the same time. In faith...
Page 265 - They have agreed in consequence to employ the most speedy and most efficacious means to form a general league of the states of Europe, and to engage them to accede to the present concert...
Page 727 - Now, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: — 1.
Page 139 - The three former purchases are important, inasmuch as they consolidate disjoined parts of our settled country, and render their intercourse secure ; and the second particularly so, as, with the small point on the river, which we expect is by this time ceded by the Piankeshaws, it completes our possession of the whole of both banks of the Ohio, from its source to near its mouth, and the navigation of that river is thereby rendered forever safe to our citizens settled and settling on its extensive...
Page 433 - On the impressment of our seamen, our remonstrances have never been intermitted. A hope existed at one moment of an arrangement which might have been submitted to, but it soon passed away, and the practice, though relaxed at times in the distant seas, had been constantly pursued in those in our neighborhood.