Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of Londonderry, Volume 5H. Colburn, 1851 - Great Britain |
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... hope that the subsidy , which his Majesty has it in his contemplation to grant to the King of Sardinia on his restoration , will be sufficient , when taken in aid of his own means , to afford a material co - operation to the Austrians ...
... hope that the subsidy , which his Majesty has it in his contemplation to grant to the King of Sardinia on his restoration , will be sufficient , when taken in aid of his own means , to afford a material co - operation to the Austrians ...
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... hope that some other arrangement may be thought of . It would no doubt be desirable that your lord- ship should in that case suggest what would be agreeable to his Majesty , and I should flatter myself the Emperor will be found well ...
... hope that some other arrangement may be thought of . It would no doubt be desirable that your lord- ship should in that case suggest what would be agreeable to his Majesty , and I should flatter myself the Emperor will be found well ...
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... hope to conciliate those whom the daily communications they receive from Vienna tend more and more to indispose and irritate . The task would be hopeless , and the attempt would be in the highest degree invidious . The engagements ...
... hope to conciliate those whom the daily communications they receive from Vienna tend more and more to indispose and irritate . The task would be hopeless , and the attempt would be in the highest degree invidious . The engagements ...
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... hope of a successful operation against her or her allies , whilst Austria is exposed on all sides , having lost her former barrier , and not yet having had time to establish any new line of defence . What , then , is to be done ? Is ...
... hope of a successful operation against her or her allies , whilst Austria is exposed on all sides , having lost her former barrier , and not yet having had time to establish any new line of defence . What , then , is to be done ? Is ...
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... point of finance , to undertake it , in proportion as we should succeed in gaining time ; and might hope to accomplish our purpose without being reduced in that degree which would be the necessary conse- D 2 1801. ] 35 LORD CASTLEREAGH .
... point of finance , to undertake it , in proportion as we should succeed in gaining time ; and might hope to accomplish our purpose without being reduced in that degree which would be the necessary conse- D 2 1801. ] 35 LORD CASTLEREAGH .
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Page 138 - I do, believing it the best interest of Government; for, as to myself, having shown how to construct the carcasses, and apply them with simplicity and certainty, little more can be required of me; it must be for regular bred seamen to use them, and seek opportunities to destroy the enemy.
Page 47 - laws and government, and to procure the re-establishment of a system which experience has demonstrated not only to be favourable to the maintenance of their domestic happiness, but to be perfectly consistent with the tranquillity and security of other Powers.
Page 104 - Sir—I am directed by Lord Castlereagh to acknowledge your letter of the 23rd instant, stating that you have made a contract with Messrs. Caverton for one hundred carcasses of copper, at 2s. 6d. per pound, equal to £550 sterling. Also, that you had received an estimate for making one hundred
Page 456 - should be hunted down as the enemy of mankind. This, however, is the business of Frenchmen with regard to the nations of Europe : they can only hold him in governable limits by fencing him round with bayonets.
Page 155 - Now, in this business, I will not disguise that I have full confidence in the power which I possess, which is no less than to be the means, should I think proper, of giving to the world a system, which must, of necessity, sweep all military marines from the ocean, by giving to the weaker maritime powers advantages over the stronger, which the strong cannot prevent. This
Page 48 - the Swiss nation, to express these his sentiments with a frankness and sincerity, which he feels to be due to his character, and to the good understanding which he is desirous of preserving with the Government of France.
Page 104 - at £14: each, amounting to £1,4:00 sterling, and I am commanded by his lordship to express his approbation of the contract you have entered into for the carcasses, and to desire that you will lose no time in contracting for the
Page 92 - August 9, 1805. Sir—As the circumstances which led to my engagements with this Government, and my particular situation, may not be known to Lord Barham, the heads of them may aid in his decision with you on my business.
Page 46 - My opinion is, that with Malta for seven years, Lampedosa for ever, Holland and Switzerland evacuated, and the Turkish Empire and Naples under the avowed protection of Russia, if not formally guaranteed by her,
Page 93 - and loss of time, and clearly exhibit my turn of mind on this subject, also to reduce the points for consideration to as few as possible, I have thought this short explanation necessary. I have the honour,