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Old and New London
… the Cardinal, 'I shall desire you, because ye can speak French, to take the pains to go down into the hall to … to my duty.' Then spake to them my Lord Chamberlain in French, declaring my Lord Cardinal's mind; and they, rounding … was well stored with booksnot only in English and French, but in Greek and Italian; and her autographs show …
Old and New London
… Hervey, in 1762, "is taken for the Duc de Nivernois, the French Ambassador." His name will be remembered as one of the …
Old and New London
… five eagles and four other standards, captured from the French in the Peninsula, were publicly deposited in this …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Very cold, but not snowing. No news. It is said that the French have now 1000000 men in the Crimea and that ours have … my father has joined it. It is rumoured the Emperor of the French intends visiting the camp in the Crimea. 21. Began … Parliament will be dissolved, because the Emperor of the French does not like the enquiry of Mr Roebuck's committee on …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… (France for instance) will show that they (the French) have shorter lives on the average than the English. … Palace, drew letters etc. No news. The Empress of the French is expected to be delivered of a child in a few days. … it is a son or daughter. If it is a son it alters the French line of succession. Fine day. 16. Sunday. Went to Maze …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… here the great painters keep their studios as close as the French ones do open. 26. Began drawing an ice-raft, arranged …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Field Marshall Radetsky (age 92) and Madame Rachel the French actress (age 37) are also announced to be dead. 8. … them, so I am told. Cold. 26. Went on with Louvre, named French blocks, went errands etc. It appears that there was … 4 of the wretches who attempted to take the life of the French Emperor have been found guilty of the crime, Rudio, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Italy would very shortly be evacuated by both Austrian and French troops; and it was also stated that Lord Cowley's … holiday. War between the Austrians, and the Sardinians and French seems now certain; the first blow will probably be … the Ticino, numbering 120,000 men, and also that the French were pouring their troops into Sardinia as fast as …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… but a great benefit to the nation. It is said that the French Emperor again contemplates going to the Crimea. My … afterwards altered that we should attack the Redan and the French the Malakoff. They attacked with 25,000 men, we took … before the attack, but Pelissier put it off and one of the French generals mistook a signal and began before the right …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… No news in particular. A report that the Emperor of the French is assassinated, but is not worthy of credit. By the … have suffered by the Indian rebellion. The Emperor of the French has just forwarded 1000 from himself for it, while the … which is a fact we should be thankful for. A large French American house has however stopped, liabilities to the …