"BELLUM maxime omnium memorabile, quæ unquam gesta sint, me scripturum; quod, Hannibale duce, Carthaginienses cum populo Romano gessere. Nam neque validiores opibus ullæ inter se civitates gentesque contulerunt arma, neque his ipsis tantum unquam virium aut roboris fuit: et haud ignotas belli artes inter se, sed expertas primo Punico conserebant bello; odiis etiam prope majoribus certarunt, quam viribus; et adeo varia belli fortuna ancepsque Mars fuit, ut propius periculum fuerint, qui vicerunt."-Liv. lib. 21. HISTORY OF EUROPE FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN M.DCC.LXXXIX. TO THE RESTORATION OF THE BOURBONS IN M.DCCC.XV. BY ARCHIBALD ALISON, F.R.S.E. ADVOCATE. VOLUME THE NINTH. SEVENTH EDITION. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON. M.DCCC. XLVII. CONTENTS OF VOL. IX. Page ib. 16. Commencement of the debates on the Catholic question. Argument of Mr Fox and Lord Grenville for the repeal of the Catholic disabilities, 17. The comparative toleration enjoyed under George III. Reasons which 18. Argument in favour of further relaxation, from the Irish parliament having 20. The injury done to the Catholic population by the exclusive system, 21. Answers of Lord Hawkesbury, Sidmouth, and Eldon, 22. Argument against Emancipation from the subordination of the Catholics to 16 |