Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 30; Volume 52Scribner & Company, 1896 |
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Page 26
... French embassies , actual and special , refused to go , which was a matter for them to decide . But we hear that the French consul's wife , not content with a silent disapproval , went to the church all in black , and was refused ...
... French embassies , actual and special , refused to go , which was a matter for them to decide . But we hear that the French consul's wife , not content with a silent disapproval , went to the church all in black , and was refused ...
Page 55
... French . patriots behind them , who , weary of the Em- peror's incessant calls on France for aid in enterprises foreign to her welfare , would gladly be rid of him . So grave did he con- sider the crisis that late in November he left ...
... French . patriots behind them , who , weary of the Em- peror's incessant calls on France for aid in enterprises foreign to her welfare , would gladly be rid of him . So grave did he con- sider the crisis that late in November he left ...
Page 56
... French minister at Vienna wrote to Paris that in 1805 the gov- ernment , but neither army nor nation , had desired war ; that now the government , the army , and the people all desired it . In re- questing a subsidy from England the ...
... French minister at Vienna wrote to Paris that in 1805 the gov- ernment , but neither army nor nation , had desired war ; that now the government , the army , and the people all desired it . In re- questing a subsidy from England the ...
Page 57
... French people knew everything that was favorable ; but there was a complete suppression of all the rest . As Austria de- sired war to secure her subsidies from Eng- land , so France was again in need of funds which her own resources ...
... French people knew everything that was favorable ; but there was a complete suppression of all the rest . As Austria de- sired war to secure her subsidies from Eng- land , so France was again in need of funds which her own resources ...
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... French had to solve in this campaign . For two years the Archduke had been studying his task , and that in the light of his ample experience . The conclusion he reached was that he would attack and overpower Davout in Saxony ; then , by ...
... French had to solve in this campaign . For two years the Archduke had been studying his task , and that in the light of his ample experience . The conclusion he reached was that he would attack and overpower Davout in Saxony ; then , by ...
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