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... France , Bel- gium , and Switzerland . In the following year he went through Germany , and , soon after his return , commenced his advocacy of the repeal of the taxes on corn . In 1839 the National Anti - Corn - Law League was formed ...
... France , Bel- gium , and Switzerland . In the following year he went through Germany , and , soon after his return , commenced his advocacy of the repeal of the taxes on corn . In 1839 the National Anti - Corn - Law League was formed ...
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... France and England . In 1857 the general amnesty permitted his return to Hungary . In 1860 he was elected a member of the Hungarian Diet . On the reorganisation of the Austrian empire , and the constitution of a Hungarian monarchy , he ...
... France and England . In 1857 the general amnesty permitted his return to Hungary . In 1860 he was elected a member of the Hungarian Diet . On the reorganisation of the Austrian empire , and the constitution of a Hungarian monarchy , he ...
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... France ) , and shared the exile of his family during the revolutionary wars and the First Empire . His mother was a princess of Savoy , and at Turin the duc d'Angoulême spent the earlier period of his exile . He afterwards served in ...
... France ) , and shared the exile of his family during the revolutionary wars and the First Empire . His mother was a princess of Savoy , and at Turin the duc d'Angoulême spent the earlier period of his exile . He afterwards served in ...
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... France in 1819 , was one of the editors of the " Biographie des Contemporains . " He published a complete editon of his works in eight vols . 8vo , between 1824 and 1827. B. at Paris in 1766 ; D. 1834 . ARNDT , Ernst Moritz , arnt , a ...
... France in 1819 , was one of the editors of the " Biographie des Contemporains . " He published a complete editon of his works in eight vols . 8vo , between 1824 and 1827. B. at Paris in 1766 ; D. 1834 . ARNDT , Ernst Moritz , arnt , a ...
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... France , entered the French carabineers at 17 . In 1792 he volunteered into the revolutionary army of his country , and so rapidly distin- guished himself , that when Napoleon invaded Italy , he considered Augereau one of his most ...
... France , entered the French carabineers at 17 . In 1792 he volunteered into the revolutionary army of his country , and so rapidly distin- guished himself , that when Napoleon invaded Italy , he considered Augereau one of his most ...
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Sida 194 - Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the Eastern Coast of West Greenland, made in the Summer of 1822, in the ship Baffin, of Liverpool.
Sida 135 - A General Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive, Physical, Statistical, and Historical ; forming a complete Gazetteer of the World. By A. KEITH JOHNSTON, FRSE 8vo. 31s. 6d. M'Culloch's Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the various Countries, Places, and principal Natural Objects in the World.
Sida 201 - Buccleugh-place, the elevated residence of the then Mr. Jeffrey. I proposed that we should set up a Review ; this was acceded to with acclamation. I was appointed Editor, and remained long enough in Edinburgh to edit the first number of the Edinburgh Review. The motto I proposed for the Review was, " Tenui musam meditamur avena." " We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal.
Sida 228 - HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA.
Sida 46 - I have begun several times many things, and I have often succeeded at last. I shall sit down now ; but the time will come when you will hear me.
Sida 116 - Specimens of English Dramatic Poets who lived about the time of Shakspeare...
Sida 32 - An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay From the Latin of Martin Dobrizhoffer, eighteen years a Missionary in that country.
Sida 160 - France he devoted himself to the study of the law, and was called to the bar in 1825. As a lawyer he was almost entirely employed in peerage cases before the House of Lords. He compiled a History of the Battle of Agincourt, a Life of Chaucer, The Dispatches and Letters of Lord Nelson, History of the British Navy, and other equally important works.
Sida 138 - the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of his enemies.
Sida 32 - Gentleman,' 8vo, London, first and second editions, 1857. On the 6th of June, 1860, he was called to the bar...