 ... patriotic and thinking persons, who would have found some excuse for this step, in the poverty of the royal treasury, and in the difficulty of supporting an army calculated for forty-four millions of subjects, in a kingdom reduced to a population...  The Substance of Some Letters - Page 82by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1816 - 564 pages
...subjects, in a kingdom reduced to a population of twenty-eight millions — had there not been repeated proofs of profusion in other instances, and had not...more. Does he learn from another that, he has served twenty-fire years ? " Vingt-cinq ans de brigandage, " is his reply. Do th« o!d Guard displease that... | |
 | 1816 - 600 pages
...subjects, in a kingdom reduced to a population of twenty-eight millions — had there not been repeated proofs of profusion in other instances, and had not...smile, and the officer is noticed no more. Does he learu from another that he has served twenty -five years? " Vingt-cinq ans de brigandage," is his reply.... | |
 | 1816 - 644 pages
...subjects, in a kingdom reduced to a population of twenty-eight millions — had there not been repeated proofs of profusion in other instances, and had not...from another that he has served twenty-five years? " Vingt-cinq ans de brigandage," is his reply. Do the old guard displease that great commander the... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse (baron Broughton.) - 1816 - 518 pages
...subjects in a kingdom reduced to a population of twentyeight millions ; had there not been repeated proofs of profusion in other instances, and had not...more. Does he learn from another that he has served twenty- five years? Vingt-cingt ant tie brigandage, is his reply. Do the old guard displease that great... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1817 - 496 pages
...subjects in a kingdom reduced to a population of twenty-eight millions ; had there not been repeated proofs of profusion in other instances, and had not...served ? and is told ' in all ;' — In what capacity ? ' aid-de-cauip to the Emperor :' — he turns upon his heel with a contemptuous smile, and the officer... | |
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