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The History of Poland: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time James Fletcher No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 70 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 59 - ... hundred and eighty years that you have been governed by my family. The reign of my ancestors is past, and mine is going to expire. Fatigued by the labours of war, the cares of the cabinet, and the weight of age ; oppressed with the burdens and...
Page 276 - Austria the integrity of her states, and that I cannot authorize any design or step that may tend to disturb her in the peaceable possession of the Polish provinces which remain under her power. Let Lithuania, Samogitia...
Page 276 - Love of the country is the first duty of civilized man. " In my situation I have many interests to conciliate, and many duties to perform. Had I reigned during the first, second, or third partition of Poland, I would have armed all my people to support you.
Page 280 - I feel great satisfaction, General, in answering your letter. Your wishes shall be accomplished. With the help of the Almighty, I trust to realize the regeneration of the brave and respectable nation to which you belong. I have made a solemn engagement, and its welfare has always occupied my thoughts. Political affairs alone have hindered the execution of my plans.
Page 294 - The Duchy of Warsaw, with the exception of the provinces and districts which are otherwise disposed of by the following Articles, is united to the Russian Empire, to which it shall be irrevocably attached by its Constitution, and be possessed by His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, his heirs and successors in perpetuity.
Page 258 - Kosciusko, stretched on his couch. His wounds were still unhealed, and he was unable to sit upright. He appeared to be a small man, spare and delicate. A black silk bandage crossed his fair and high, but somewhat wrinkled forehead. Beneath it, his dark, eagle eye sent forth a...
Page 187 - ... as it were, slumbering in disgraceful repose ? Do we trust to the faith of treaties ? How many examples have we of the frequent neglect of even the most solemn agreements ! We imagine that our neighbours are interested in our preservation by their mutual jealousy, a vain prejudice which deceives us ; ridiculous infatuation, which formerly...
Page 295 - ... respectable man, named Woloski, the principal brewer of Warsaw, had, through some of his people, without his own knowledge, hired, as a servant in his establishment, a Russian deserter. The offender was detected, and proof of innocence on the part of his employer being disallowed, the Grand Duke, by...
Page 209 - Reyten, perceiving that the people were not allowed to enter, exclaimed, " Gentlemen, follow me. Poninski shall not be marshal of the diet to-day, if I live" ! It was already twelve o'clock, and Poninski did not appear, but a messenger arrived to state that he adjourned the meeting. " We do not acknowledge Poninski for marshal," replied Reyten ; and seeing many of the members about to retire, he placed himself before the door with his arms crossed, and attempted to stop the deserters. But his exertions...