Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Duke de Saldanha: With Selections from His Correspondence, Том 2

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Стр. 143 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Стр. 194 - Thus were verified Saldanha's predictions, that the Mediation could have but one result ; that of lowering the dignity of the Crown, without at all advancing the reconciliation of parties. As soon as information reached London of the rejection, by the Junta, of the terms offered, a conference took place, on the 21st of May, at the Foreign Office, when the conduct of the Junta was severely censured ; and it was decided, that an immediate armed Intervention should take place in Portugal, in order to...
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Стр. 243 - We have inserted these extracts from the letters of this energetic and talented Statesman, in order to mark the excellent understanding which, up to this period, existed between him and the Marshal. We shall, in the following chapter, have to make allusion to a breach in their friendship which led to some of the most important events in the life of Saldanha. The Marshal, when he entered the Home Office, made strict inquiries respecting the state of the public lunatic asylum - — the Hospital de...
Стр. 177 - Unless M. Dietz leaves Portugal, all other arrangements, and all attempts to reconcile the Court and the discontented part of the nation, will be vain ; and Colonel Wylde must not, under any circumstances, leave Lisbon for Oporto, until M. Dietz has embarked and sailed for England. His departure is a sine qua non condition of any step whatever, on the part of her Majesty's Government, to interfere in any way in the affairs of Portugal.
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Стр. 406 - The consequences of the proclamation of a Republic in Spain will be terribly felt in France, Italy, and Portugal. " The result of all that I have now had the honour of laying before your Majesty is, that, whether the Prince of Hohenzollern ascends the Spanish Throne, or whether the Republic is proclaimed, rivers of blood must inundate Europe; and hundreds of thousands — perhaps millions — of victims must be sacrificed in the struggles which, in a very short time, may arise. To these hundreds...
Стр. 102 - ... of His Council, and of the Council of State, Senator and Grandee of the Empire, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary, of the Legion of Honor of France, and of Saint Maurice and Saint Lazarus of Sardinia, officer of the Imperial order of the...

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