The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France, Volume 3

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H. G. Bohn, 1854
 

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Page 42 - Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British people. I put myself under the protection of their laws ; which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Page 235 - Holy and Indivisible Trinity. Their Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia...
Page 236 - Christian nation, of which they and their people form a part, has in reality no other Sovereign than Him to whom alone power...
Page 48 - I was under the shelter of the British people. "If the Government, in giving orders to the captain of the Bellerophon to receive me, as well as my suite, only intended to lay a snare for me, it has forfeited its honour and disgraced its flag. " If this act be consummated, the English will in vain boast to Europe of their integrity, their laws, and their liberty.
Page 48 - English henceforth to talk of their sincerity, their laws, and liberties. British faith will have been lost in the hospitality of the Bellerophon. " I appeal to history : it will say, that an enemy who made war for twenty years against the English people came spontaneously, in the hour of misfortune, to seek an asylum under their laws. What more striking proof could he give of his esteem and confidence ? But how did England reply to such an act of magnanimity ? It pretended to hold out a hospitable...
Page 47 - I came voluntarily on board of the Bellerophon ; I am not a prisoner, I am the guest of England.
Page 42 - Exposed to the factions which divide my country, and to the enmity of the great powers of Europe, I have terminated my political career, and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself on the hospitality (litwatty, to seat myself on the hearths) of the British people. I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your royal highness, as the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.

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