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Baron de Jomini, Summary of the Art of War, or a New Analytical Compend of the Principle Combinations of Strategy, of Grand Tactics and of Military Policy. (ed. Major O. F. Winship , Assistant Adjutant General , U. S. A., Lieut. E. E. McLean , 1st Infantry, U. S. A.) 2 0 Browse Search
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 3 (search)
bastian Gabot Cabot. : In the latter part of this volume are put certain relations of John De Verarzana, Verrazzano. a Florentine, and of a great captain, a Frenchman, and the two voyages of Jaques Cartier, a Briton, i.e., from Brittany, in France. who sailed into the land set in fifty degrees of latitude to the north, which is called New France: and the which lands hitherto it is not thoroughly known whether they do join with the firm land of Florida and Nova Hispania, or whether tty had been already duly informed thereof. Now by these presents I will give your Majesty to understand how, by the violence of the winds, we were forced with the two ships, the Norman and the Dolphin, in such evil case as they were, to land in Brittany. Where after we had repaired them in all points as was needful, and armed them very well, we took our course along by the coast of Spain. Afterwards, with the Dolphin alone, we determined to make discovery of new countries, to prosecute the na
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, A book of American explorers, chapter 5 (search)
eresting description of Cartier's adventures, including those here described, may be found in Parkman's Pioneers of France in the New World, p. 81. Another account of the same events, illustrated by the maps of the period, will also be found in Kohl's valuable History of the Discovery of the East Coast of North America (Maine Historical Society, 2d series, vol. I), p. 320. I.—Cartier's visit to Bay of Chaleur. [Jacques Cartier was born in 1494, at St. Malo, a principal port of Brittany, France. He was bred to the sea; and, having made fishing-voyages to the Grand banks of Labrador, he desired to make an exploration farther west. For this purpose an expedition was fitted out by King Francis I. Of France, as is described below.] The first relation Description. of Jacques Cartier of St. Malo, of the new land called New France, In the map of Ortelius, published in 1572, the name of New France is applied to the whole of both North and South America. The application of t
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Building Confederate vessels in France. (search)
ove, the government would permit the vessels to leave Bordeaux. M. Arman replied that he thought there was no doubt about the corvettes being allowed to sail unarmed, but he was to have a personal interview with the Emperor in ten days or a fortnight, and would then bring the matter to a close by direct appeal to his Imperial Majesty. Many details relating to the best mode of shipping the guns, the engagement of reliable captains, and the possibility of getting seamen from the ports of Brittany were discussed, all in a most satisfactory manner. Before separating, M. Arman expressed great regret at the delay and interference we had met with, and said that as he had made the contracts for building all the ships in perfect good faith, and with the assurance that his government understood the whole transaction, and would permit him to carry it out, he felt doubly bound to assist in every possible way, and to assume any responsibility that might be necessary. In face of the forego
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 7: marriage: tour in Europe (search)
rtain places in England were termed which, with little or no population, had yet the right to be represented in Parliament. Dr. Fowler was familiar with the ancient history of the place, which, as we saw it, contained nothing but an area of desolate sand. The wonderful Druidical stones of Stonehenge commanded our attention. They are too well known to need description. Our host could throw no light upon their history, which belongs, one must suppose, with that of kindred constructions in Brittany. Bishop Denison, at the time of our visit, was still saddened by the loss of a beloved wife. He invited us to a dinner at which his sister, Miss Denison, presided. The dean and his wife were present, the Fowlers, and one or two other guests. To my surprise, the bishop gave me his arm and conducted me to the table, where he seated me on his right. Mrs. Fowler afterwards remarked to me, How charming it was of the bishop to take you in to dinner. As an American you have no rank, and a
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Chapter 13: third visit to Europe (search)
if I hope to be well I must go on with the baths. I have therefore concluded to remain here until I receive an answer from you; promising myself that when I once escape from this hospital I will never enter another until that final one appointed for all the poets. Will you have the goodness to say to your daughter , Miss Quincy, that I left her package for Mr. Graham at its address in Havre; and presume it reached him safely. In coming through France it was not in my power to go into Brittany, and avail myself of your letter of introduction to him; the place of his residence lying too far out of my route. From Paris I came through Belgium to this ancient city of Boppard, where I have remained stationary since the first of June. With kind remembrances to Mrs. Quincy and your family, Very truly yours Henry W. Longfellow. Harvard College Papers [Ms.], 2d ser. XI. 153. It is interesting to note the manner in which this appeal was met by the economical college. Henry
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Index (search)
25, 126 note. Bosworth, Dr., 111. Bowdler, Miss, Hannah, 62. Bowdoin, Mrs., gives fund to Bowdoin College, 45. Bowdoin College, 17, 18, 23, 60, 61, 73; Longfellow graduates from, 37; becomes professor of modern languages at, 56; Longfellow's salary at, 64. Boxer (British brig), 14. Bradbury, James W., 19; in debate with Longfellow, 21. Bradley, Dean, 249. Brattle Street, or Tory Row, Cambridge, 117, 289. Brattleboro, Vt., 161. Brewster, Elder, 13. British Museum, 5. Brittany, 158. Brock, Thomas, 249. Brookline, Mass., 146, 284. Brown, Charles Brockden, 132, 143. Brown, John, 271. Browning, Robert, 3, 6, 216, 218, 267; compared with Longfellow, 270; Longfellow a student of, 272, 273. Brownson, Orestes A., 125. Bruges, 161. Brunswick, Me., 18, 64, 69, 82, 100, 163. Bryant, William C., 8, 23, 60, 62, 64, 80, 112, 142, 265, 294; his early poems compared with Longfellow's, 24-26; moralizing of, 133, 134; indifferent to Longfellow, 145; his Selection
George Bancroft, History of the Colonization of the United States, Vol. 1, 17th edition., Colonial History (search)
commerce and the soil of America. Within seven years of the discovery of the continent, 1504 the fisheries of Newfoundland were known to the hardy mariners of Brittany and Normandy. Charlevoix, Hist. Gen. de la Nouv. Fr. i. 3, edition of 1744, 4 to.; Champlain's Voyages, i. 9. Navarette, &c. III. 176—180, argues against th The purpose of founding a French empire in America was renewed, and an ample commission 1596. was issued to the Marquis'de la Roche, a nobleman of Chap. I.} Brittany. Yet his enterprise entirely failed. Sweeping the prisons of France, he established their tenants on the desolate Isle of Sable; and the wretched exiles sighedlain successfully established the authority of the French on the banks of the St. Lawrence, in the territory which became his country. The father of New France lies buried in the land which he colonized. Thus the humble industry of the fishermen of 1635 Normandy and Brittany promised their country the acquisition of an empire
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition., Chapter 48: (search)
of purpose, on the subject of royal authority he never wavered; impatient to be obeyed in all things and by all, he prepared to destroy whatever checked his absolute will, and an ordinance of 1769 condemned to death every author of writings that tended to disturb the public mind. To him Protestants were republicans; and he not only refused to restore for them the edict of Nantz, but would not even legalize their marriages. Bold in doing ill, he violated the constitutions of Languedoc and Brittany without scruple, employing military force against their states. The Chap. XLVIII.} 1772. Aug. parliament of Paris, even more than the other companies of judges, had become an aristocratic senate, not only distributing justice, but exercising some check on legislation; Louis the Fifteenth demanded their unqualified registry of his edicts. Sire, remonstrated the upright magistrate Malesherbes in 1771, to mark your dissatisfaction with the parliament of Paris, the most essential rights of
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 3: (search)
, the nation should suffer the faction of Bute and the tories to infringe with impunity the form of their government, they certainly merit no longer the name of free Britons. Frederic to Maltzan, 10 Oct., 1776. With a commercial agent, sent in the following November by Silas Deane, he declined to treat; for he saw endless difficulties in the way of establishing a direct commerce between the United States and Prussia: but he consented to an exchange of commodities through the ports of Brittany. Schulenburg to Frederic, 30 Nov., 1776. Frederic to Schulenburg, 2 Dec., 1776. Frederic to Goltz, 2 Dec., 1776. That France and Spain would be drawn into the war, he from the first foretold, yet not without misgivings as to the effect on themselves. Frederic to Goltz, 4 March, 3 April, 11 June, 20 June, 1 July, 23 April, 1776. France, said he, on the day on which congress in committee decided for independence, France resembles a sick man who is just rising from a grievous malad
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 11: (search)
g in action; nor was he allowed to take his seat till Weymouth had withdrawn. To unite the house of Bourbon in the war, France had bound herself to the invasion of England. True to her covenant, she moved troops to the coasts of Normandy and Brittany, and engaged more than sixty transport vessels of sixteen thousand tons' burden. The king of Spain would not listen to a whisper on the hazard of the undertaking, for which he was to furnish no contingent, and only the temporary use of twenty sltar, 7 Feb., 1780. The immense preparations of the two powers had not even harmed British merchant vessels on their homeward voyages. The troops that were to have embarked for England were wasted by dysentery in their camps in Normandy and Brittany. Marie Antoinette in von Arneth, 304. There was a general desolation. The French public complained relentlessly of d'orvilliers. The doing of nothing at all will have cost us a great deal of money, wrote Marie Antoinette to her mother.
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