Italy: From the Fall of Napoleon I., in 1815, to the Death of Victor Emmanuel, in 1878

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Cassell, Limited, 1884 - 371 pages
 

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Page 280 - Her Majesty's Government can see no sufficient ground for the severe censure with which Austria, France, Prussia, and Russia have visited the acts of the King of Sardinia. Her Majesty's Government will turn their eyes rather to the gratifying prospect of a people building up the edifice of their liberties, and consolidating the work of their independence, amid the sympathies and good wishes of Europe.
Page 361 - Di fare al cittadin suo quivi festa ; Ed ora in te non stanno senza guerra Li vivi tuoi ; e l'un l'altro si rode Di quei che un muro ed una fossa serra.
Page 241 - This condition is not free from danger, since, while we respect treaties, we are not insensible to the cry of grief which reaches us from so many parts of Italy.
Page v - THE purpose of this volume is to give a concise account of the chief causes and events which have transformed Italy from a divided into a united country.
Page 226 - War1 had broken out in 1854 between England and France, on the one side, and Russia on the other; and in 1855 Cavour signed an offensive and defensive alliance with France and sent troops to her aid in the Crimea. This gave him an opportunity to take part in the European congress which met in Paris in 1856 to conclude a peace.
Page 334 - Pontiff, and for the various ecclesiastical wants of the Holy See for ordinary and extraordinary maintenance, and for the keeping of the apostolic palaces and their dependencies; for the pay, gratifications, and pensions of the guards of whom mention is made in the preceding article, and for those attached to the Pontifical Court, and for eventual expenses; also for the ordinary maintenance and care of the annexed museums and library, and for the pay, stipends, and pensions of those employed for...

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