Sequel of The Policy of England Towards Spain: In Answer to the Earl of Carnarvon's Work Entitled "Portugal and Galicia" : to which is Prefixed an Answer to an Article in the Quarterly Review, No. CXV.James Ridgway and Sons, 1837 - 205 páginas |
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... shew that the change was brought about by violence and intrigue , and after all was never legally enacted . He states the consent of the Council of State to have been gained by the consummate art of the Queen . * Commentarios de la ...
... shew that the change was brought about by violence and intrigue , and after all was never legally enacted . He states the consent of the Council of State to have been gained by the consummate art of the Queen . * Commentarios de la ...
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... shew upon what authority he had made his ori- ginal statements , and it assuredly need not have taken him upwards of four months to decide whether he would do that or not . But in the way of events , to be sure , something has occurred ...
... shew upon what authority he had made his ori- ginal statements , and it assuredly need not have taken him upwards of four months to decide whether he would do that or not . But in the way of events , to be sure , something has occurred ...
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... shew , a most vague and unpractical view of the laws and administration of Biscay . In the same manner , and by the same process , we could prove the City of London to be inde- pendent of the Crown of England , by asking , is it not ...
... shew , a most vague and unpractical view of the laws and administration of Biscay . In the same manner , and by the same process , we could prove the City of London to be inde- pendent of the Crown of England , by asking , is it not ...
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... shew two things ; first , that he himself has an ex- tremely crude notion of the meaning of the questions he asks , and would be himself utterly unable to give a practical answer to them ; and next , ( and this is in point of fact the ...
... shew two things ; first , that he himself has an ex- tremely crude notion of the meaning of the questions he asks , and would be himself utterly unable to give a practical answer to them ; and next , ( and this is in point of fact the ...
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... shew that Don Carlos has ever said a word to the Provinces about their fueros ? If the Basques were fighting for these fueros , and if Don Carlos were the protector of them , as Lord Carnarvon imagines , or would have his readers ...
... shew that Don Carlos has ever said a word to the Provinces about their fueros ? If the Basques were fighting for these fueros , and if Don Carlos were the protector of them , as Lord Carnarvon imagines , or would have his readers ...
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adopted affairs Alcaldes alliance appears arms army authority Basque Provinces believe Bilboa Biscay Biscayan British Legion British Minister Carlist Castile Catalonia Charles IV circumstances civil commercial Constitution Cortes Crown Crown of Castile death declared decree deny despotic Don Carlos Duke of Angouleme England Europe exist fact favour Ferdinand force foreign France French fueros Granja Henningsen Hernani Holy Alliance Honan honour Infant influence Inquisition Irun Juntas King La Granja law of succession letter Lord Carnar Lord Carnarvon says Lord Eliot Lordship says Madrid Majesty Majesty's Mendizabal ment National Guard never officers opinion pamphlet Parliament party persons Philip political Pragmatic Sanction present principles privileges Quarterly Review Queen of Spain readers reply respect Royal Sebastian shew shewn Spanish Government Spanish nation Spanish question spirit statement supposed thing throne tion Tories tranquillity treaties of Utrecht treaty troops vernment Villiers Zumalacarregui
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Página 167 - The allies now plunged into the streets from all quarters, for O'Toole's attack was also successful, and at the other side of the town Pack's Portuguese, meeting no resistance, had entered the place, and the reserves also came in. Then throwing off the restraints of discipline the troops committed frightful excesses. The town was fired in three or four places, the soldiers menaced their officers, and shot each other ; many were killed in the market-place, intoxication soon increased the tumult, disorder...
Página 168 - Napier thus narrates the dreadful scene which ensued :—"Now commenced that wild and desperate wickedness which tarnished the lustre of the soldier's heroism. All, indeed, were not alike, for hundreds risked, and many lost, their lives in striving to stop the violence, but the madness generally prevailed, and as the worst men were leaders here, all the dreadful passions of human nature were displayed. Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations,...
Página 20 - Aragon por el orden de suceder señalado en aquella ley, y de lo contrario se han causado guerras y grandes turbaciones.
Página 168 - Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty, and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires bursting from the houses, the crashing of doors and windows, and the reports of muskets used in violence, resounded for two days and nights in the streets of Badajoz!
Página 168 - ... prevailed, and at last, the fury rising to an absolute madness, a fire was wilfully lighted in the middle of the great magazine, when the town and all in it would have been blown to atoms, but for the energetic courage of some officers and a few soldiers who still preserved their senses.
Página 168 - Now commenced that wild and desperate wickedness which tarnished the lustre of the soldiers' heroism. All, indeed, were not alike, for hundreds risked and many lost their lives in striving to stop the violence ; but the madness generally prevailed, and as the worst men were leaders here, all the dreadful passions of human nature were displayed. Shameless rapacity, brutal intemperance, savage lust, cruelty and murder, shrieks and piteous lamentations, groans, shouts, imprecations, the hissing of fires...
Página 87 - No magistrate can violate that sanctuary ; no execution can be put into it, nor can his arms or his horse be seized ; he cannot be arrested for debt, or subjected to imprisonment upon any pretext whatever, without a previous summons to appear under the old tree of Guernica, where he is made acquainted with the offence imputed to him, and called upon for his defence ; he is then discharged on the spot, or bailed, or committed, according to the nature of the crime and the evidence adduced against him....
Página 63 - Russias, animated by the desire of stopping the effusion of blood, and of arresting the evils of all kinds which might arise from the continuance of such a state of things, have resolved to unite their efforts, and to regulate the...