Cassell's history of the war between France and Germany, 1870-1871, Volume 2; Volume 2031873 |
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... Minister of the Interior , Official Notice of , 219 . Roquette , 461 . Account of the Removal of the Hostages , 491 ... Ministry of War , 95 . Lullier , his Position towards the Commune , 361 . Arrest of , 359 . Letter of to Rochefort ...
... Minister of the Interior , Official Notice of , 219 . Roquette , 461 . Account of the Removal of the Hostages , 491 ... Ministry of War , 95 . Lullier , his Position towards the Commune , 361 . Arrest of , 359 . Letter of to Rochefort ...
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... Minister ; and a large stock of food , re- Army of the Loire and the Army of Paris we presenting eight days ' rations for 300,000 men , was about to join hands . Had the two corps ( prepared , with the intention of sending it after the ...
... Minister ; and a large stock of food , re- Army of the Loire and the Army of Paris we presenting eight days ' rations for 300,000 men , was about to join hands . Had the two corps ( prepared , with the intention of sending it after the ...
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... Minister ; and a large stock of food , re- presenting eight days ' rations for 300,000 men , was prepared , with the intention of sending it after the army , directly Pithiviers was taken . The design seemed as if it were about to ...
... Minister ; and a large stock of food , re- presenting eight days ' rations for 300,000 men , was prepared , with the intention of sending it after the army , directly Pithiviers was taken . The design seemed as if it were about to ...
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... Minister , were really detained north of Orleans . This was in- tended for the reassurance of the public ; but in fact M. Gambetta was angry with de Paladines , and dismayed at the prospect before him . He had indeed much cause for ...
... Minister , were really detained north of Orleans . This was in- tended for the reassurance of the public ; but in fact M. Gambetta was angry with de Paladines , and dismayed at the prospect before him . He had indeed much cause for ...
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... Minister of War had for the past four - and - twenty hours counselled and directed . In order to make sure that the concentration was being carried out , M. Gambetta left Tours for Orleans by special train ; but at half - past four in ...
... Minister of War had for the past four - and - twenty hours counselled and directed . In order to make sure that the concentration was being carried out , M. Gambetta left Tours for Orleans by special train ; but at half - past four in ...
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Page 347 - agreeable to the spirit of man a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things. And therefore poetry was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas
Page 502 - that our faith and knowledge thrive by exercise, as well as our limbs and complexion. Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain : if her waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.
Page 347 - poetry was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind, whereas
Page 347 - no occupation, but idle ; no respect of kindred, but common ; no apparel, but natural ; no manuring of lands ; no use of wine, corn, or metal. The very words that import lying, falsehood, treason, dissimulation, covetousness, envy, detraction, and pardon, were never heard amongst them. How dissonant would
Page 322 - A lurid light, a trampling throng, Sense of intolerable wrong, And whom I scorn'd, those only, strong I Thirst of revenge ; the powerless will Still baffled, and yet burning still ; Desire with loathing strangely
Page 322 - Thirst of revenge ; the powerless will Still baffled, and yet burning still ; Desire with loathing strangely mix'd, On wild or hateful objects fix'd ; Fantastic passions, maddening brawl, And shame and terror over all
Page 488 - the general stopped here and there, tapping a man on the shoulder, or beckoning him out of the rear ranks. In most cases, without further parley, the individual thus selected was marched out into the centre of the road, where a small supplementary column was thus soon formed.
Page 538 - him to telegraph to Paris that his Majesty the King engages for all future time never again to give his consent if the Hohenzollerns should return to their candidature. His Majesty the King thereupon
Page 347 - again. Tyrants, that make men subject to their law, I will suppress, that they no more may reign, And lordings curb that commons overawe, And all the wealth of rich men to the poor will draw.
Page 538 - should return to their candidature. His Majesty the King thereupon declined to receive the French Ambassador again, and had him told by the adjutant in attendance that his Majesty had nothing further to communicate to the Ambassador.