A Course of Three Lectures on the History of Poland ...Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - 92 pages |
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Alexander ancient provinces arms Augustus the Second Austria barbarous Bradford calamities character Charter Chlopicki Confederation Constantine Constitution Cracow crime crown cruelties Czar declared despot destroyed Diet Duchy of Warsaw Dynasty elected Emperor Empress Catherine endeavour enemy Equestrian Order established Europe existence feeling Filomaci foreign France Frederick the Second glory Grand Duchy Grand Duke Greenock Greenock Greenock Headingley heart history of Poland honour house of Jagello independence Jagello King of Poland kingdom of Poland Kosciuszko Lagowski language laws lecture Leeds Leeds Leeds liberty liberum veto Lithuania Lukasinski ment military misfortune monarch Moscovite Napoleon neighbours Nicholas noble Nowossiltzow oppressed Otley partition of Poland patriotism peasants persecuted Petersburg Poles Polish army political pretext Prince Adam Czartoryski rank reform reign restoration revolution Russian empire Russian government Senate Siberia Sigismund Sobieski Sovereign spirit Stanislaus Augustus Stanislaus Leszczynski Steven Batory struggle throne tion troops ukaze unfortunate valour victory violence Wilna Wladislaw Zolkiewski
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Page 55 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 53 - Of all the questions to be discussed at this congress, the king would undoubtedly consider the affair of Poland as incomparably the most important to the interests of Europe, if there be any chance that this nation, so worthy of regard by its antiquity, its valour, its misfortunes, and the services it has formerly rendered to Europe might be restored to complete independence.
Page 59 - Diet of 1825 w«s convoked, and by every method it was attempted to prevent the elections of the most undaunted supporters of our liberty. A nuncio was by main force carried off, delivered over to the police, retained five years in prison, and liberated only by the late change of events. Deprived of its natural support, held in secret, and threatened with the utter destruction of the charter, this Diet, like its predecessor of 1818, was seduced by the promises of a reunion with us of our ancient...
Page 56 - is decreed by solemn treaties ; it is sanctioned by the constitutional charter. The inviolability of these exterior engagements and of this fundamental law secures to Poland an honourable rank among the nations of Europe...
Page 37 - Poland from whatever part of the world, or returning from abroad, as soon as he sets his foot on the territory of the Republic becomes free, and at liberty to exercise his industry, wherever and in whatever manner he pleases, to settle either in towns or villages, to farm and rent lands and houses, on...
Page 56 - Your restoration is decreed by solemn treaties : it is sanctioned by the constitutional Charter. The inviolability of these exterior engagements, and of this fundamental law, secures henceforth to Poland an honourable rank among the nations of Europe — a privilege the more precious, as she has long sought it in vain in the midst of the most severe trials.
Page 29 - Heaven ! he cried, my bleeding country save ! — Is there no hand on high to shield the brave...
Page 29 - Oh ! sacred Truth ! thy triumph ceased awhile, And HOPE, thy sister, ceased with thee to smile. When leagued Oppression poured to Northern wars Her whiskered pandours and her fierce hussars, Waved her dread standard to the breeze of morn, Pealed her loud drum, and twanged her trumpet horn ; Tumultuous Horror brooded o'er her van, Presaging wrath to Poland — and to man ! Warsaw's last champion from...
Page 70 - Petersburgh, and left to pint away their existence in the dungeons of fortified places, nor have they yet been all restored to their families ; the other were held in bondage for one whole year at Warsaw, purely because they had shown themselves honourable and independent judges. The publication and execution of the sentence had been decreed, and submitted to the examination of the administrating authorities ; and it was only when at last, with...
Page 38 - in which every friend to reasonable liberty, must be sincerely interested." " Humanity," exclaimed Burke, " must rejoice and glory, when it considers the change in Poland !