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[EAN: 9781236322661], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1843 Excerpt: . invitations, the intrusive king had entered the capital, with great pomp, amid the discharge of __, m_ 22, 8, 9_ a hundred pieces of cannon, and nu merous, if not heartfelt demonstra.tions.of-public satisfaction; a memorable ex-ample of the effect of the acquisition of wealth, and the enjoyment of luxury, in enervating the minds of their possessors; and of the difference between the patriotic energy of those classes.who, having little tolose, yield to ardent sentiments without reflection, and those in whom the suggestions of interest, or the habits of indulgence, have stifled the generous emotions of our nature: Meanwhile, Napoleon, whose ardent mind!, ions could as little rendure repose in any for the;, . of his lieutenants as in himself, sent awn of _Purw-orders to Soult, .while he still lay 3"' bY.5" with the bulk of his corps at Ferrol-and Victor. ' to prepare immediatelyfor the invasion of Portugal. The plan for this purpose Jwas formed by the emperor on a grand scale, and apparently promised certain success. Soult himself was to move, with four divisions of infantry and ten regiments of cavalry, numbering in all twenty-five thousand combatants present with the eagles, direct upon Oporto; on the road he zwas to be joined by Loison, with five thousand more; Lapisse, with nine thousand, was to menace the country from the side of Leon; while Victor, with thirty thousand, who was stationed at Merida, on the eastern frontier ofthe kingdom, was to co-operate from the side of Estremadura, and take a part in the combined movement on Lisbon. Thus sixty thousand men, from difi"erent quarters, were to invade Portugal, in which, at that time, there were not more than fourteen thousand British and an equal numbe.<

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History of Europe from the commencement of the French revolution in 1789, to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 Volume 3 Sir Archibald Alison, Books, History, History of Europe from the commencement of the French revolution in 1789, to the restoration of the Bourbons in 1815 Volume 3 Books>History <

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