The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 243A. Constable, 1926 |
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Page 58
... French crossed the Bidassoa they were backed only by the moral support of the three autocratic Powers . << " " Alexander then turned from Europe to America , and tried to strengthen the shaky edifice of the Holy Alliance by enlisting ...
... French crossed the Bidassoa they were backed only by the moral support of the three autocratic Powers . << " " Alexander then turned from Europe to America , and tried to strengthen the shaky edifice of the Holy Alliance by enlisting ...
Page 59
... French in Spain , together with the intrigues of their agents in Latin - America , pointed to some plan for establishing an empire , or at least a paramount influence , in the New World . Repeated efforts to draw the affairs of Latin ...
... French in Spain , together with the intrigues of their agents in Latin - America , pointed to some plan for establishing an empire , or at least a paramount influence , in the New World . Repeated efforts to draw the affairs of Latin ...
Page 61
... French Revolution took root and flourished in Russia . Deprived of all share in the government and of all opportunity for openly criticising it , educated or semi - educated Russians took refuge in plots and conspiracies . The campaigns ...
... French Revolution took root and flourished in Russia . Deprived of all share in the government and of all opportunity for openly criticising it , educated or semi - educated Russians took refuge in plots and conspiracies . The campaigns ...
Page 81
... French troops , numerous difficulties arose . The mistake had been committed of shipping the Dey off to the East and allowing the established Turkish administration to fall to pieces . However defective and corrupt that administration ...
... French troops , numerous difficulties arose . The mistake had been committed of shipping the Dey off to the East and allowing the established Turkish administration to fall to pieces . However defective and corrupt that administration ...
Page 82
... French authority . The general had entered into communication with persons of high rank favouring such views at Oran and even at Fez ; he had drafted a treaty to be made with the Bey of Tunis , and his project was to place the whole of ...
... French authority . The general had entered into communication with persons of high rank favouring such views at Oran and even at Fez ; he had drafted a treaty to be made with the Bey of Tunis , and his project was to place the whole of ...
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