 | William Cobbett - 1805 - 544 pages
...of '; Austria, the States of Venice, the kingdom. of Naples, Switzerland and Holland would: still he in her possession. The limits of. France are in reality the Adige and the Rhine? Has she passed the Adige ? Has she passed lie Rhine? If she took not the Salsa and the Dravefor her limits,... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1854 - 416 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian states, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...passed either of these limits ? Had it fixed on the Salza and the Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquests." It is not difficult to... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...ambition of France Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian states, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...passed either of these limits ? Had it fixed on the Salzt, and the Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquests." It is not difficult... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - 1854 - 412 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian states, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...Adige and the Rhine. Has it passed either of these limite ? Had it fixed on the Salza aud the Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquests."... | |
 | Napoleon I (Emperor of the French), John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1856 - 416 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian States, the States of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...and the Rhine. Has it passed either of these limits l Had it fixed on the Solza and the Brave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquest."... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 546 pages
...shall retire within her ancient limits. It is the fashion to speak of the ambition of France. Had shu chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria,...in reality, the Adige and the Rhine. Has it passed cither of these limits? Had it fixed on the Solza and the Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1860 - 708 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian states, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...passed either of these limits ? Had it fixed on the Sal/a and the Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquests." It is not difficult to... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1860 - 722 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian States, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...possession. The limits of France are, in reality, tho Adige and the Rhine. Has H oassed either of these limits ? Had it fixed on the Solza and the Drave,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1882 - 624 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian .States, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom...Drave, it would not have exceeded the bounds of its conquest." When Xapoleon was endeavoring to surround General Mack at Ulm, it was absolutely essential... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1853 - 868 pages
...ambition of France. Had she chosen to preserve her conquests, the half of Austria, the Venetian States, the states of Holland and Switzerland, and the kingdom of Naples, would have been in her pos* "While Mr. Pitt lived,** says Hazlitt, "war was certain ; hia deuth offered a bare chance of peace,... | |
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... Saib, and the Mahratta states to their lawful owners, and then the other powers may have some title to insist that France shall retire within her ancient limits. It is the fashion to speak of the ambition of France Had she chosen to preserve her conquests,... 