History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon: Forming a Sequel to "The History of the French Revolution."H. Colburn, 1845 |
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Сторінка 160 - His Majesty thinks it necessary to acquaint the House of Commons that, as very considerable military preparations are carrying on in the ports of France and Holland, he has judged it expedient to adopt additional measures of precaution for the security of his dominions...
Сторінка 255 - From the heights of Ambleteuse I have seen this day the coast of England, as one sees the heights of Calvary from the Tuileries. We could distinguish the houses and the bustle. It is a ditch that shall be leaped when one is daring enough to try.
Сторінка 160 - Holland, he has judged it expedient to adopt additional measures of precaution for the security of his dominions ; though the preparations to which his Majesty refers are avowedly directed to colonial service, yet, as discussions of great importance are...
Сторінка 159 - The government guarantees to the nation the peace of the continent, and it is permitted to entertain a hope of the continuance of maritime peace. This peace is the» want as well as the desire of all nations.
Сторінка 319 - The senate will convey to the first consul the expression of the confidence, love, and admiration of the French people.
Сторінка 154 - Will you or will you not execute the treaty of Amiens? I have executed it on my part with scrupulous fidelity. That treaty obliged me to evacuate Naples, Tarento, and the Roman States, within three months. In less than two months, all the French troops were out of those countries. Ten months have elapsed since the exchange of the ratifications, and the English troops are still in Malta, and at Alexandria. It is useless to try to deceive us on this point. Will you have peace, or will you have war?
Сторінка 157 - I am solicitous to risk this power, this renown, in a desperate struggle? If I have a war with Austria. I shall contrive to find the way to Vienna. If I have a war with you, I will take from you every ally upon the Continent. You will blockade us; but I will blockade you in my turn.
Сторінка 147 - ... attached to the cause of England, we have felt an involuntary movement of sympathy with that generous outburst of liberty, and we have no desire to conceal it. No doubt France is great, much greater than a good Englishman ought to wish, but that ought not to be a motive for violating solemn treaties. But because France now appears too great to us - greater than we thought her at first - to break a solemn engagement, to retain Malta, for instance, would be an unworthy breach of faith, which would...
Сторінка 155 - If you wish for peace, you must evacuate Alexandria and Malta. The rock of Malta, on which so many fortifications have been erected, is, in a maritime point of view, an object of great importance ; but, in my estimation, it has an importance infinitely greater, inasmuch as it implicates the honor of France. What would the world say, if we were to allow a solemn treaty, signed with us, to be violated ? It would doubt our energy. For my part, my resolution is fixed. I had rather see you in possession...
Сторінка 142 - I have been actuated by a sincere disposition for the maintenance of peace ; it is nevertheless impossible for me to lose sight of that established and wise system of policy, by which the interests of other States are connected with our own ; and I cannot, therefore, be indifferent to any material change in their relative condition and strength.