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412 NOTICES OE BOOKS.
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«O» The Vicissitudes Of Italy, Since The...
the result of her knowledge and observation in a concise and intelligible form ; and rightly deeming- that the numerous studen and t voluminous she records
works of Italian historians would daunt any but a , the vario _\ is sources from which her information is derived , and , in the form of a narrativebrings before her readers the men and events
of the last _qLiarter of a , century , to the period when French intervention changed the aspect of Italian affairs . The drama in -which
Charles Albert performed so mysteriotis and tragic a part , has cona siderable studof lig character ht thrown that upon we it take , and furnishes leasure in in presenting itself so interestin it to our g *
y p reader lanations s , leaving and _jiistineations them to determine advanced for themselves are in harmony how far with the the
exp authorities adduced and the facts already well known . The love of territorial acquisition , it must be remembered , has
ever been a marked feature in the history of the House of Savoy ? ¦ ori which ginal , b trans y marriage -Alpine , conquest possessions , or , till exchange the treaties , added of bit 1815 by bit assi to gned its
to the King * of Sardinia the unwilling republic of Genoa . been " B fused y a just into and paternal homogeneous administr wh ation ole , provincial the territories jealousies thus gained have have been
a ; appeased , and rankling memories laid at rest . " Well the Congress of Vienna in 1815 be called " the fatal
may starting restored -point to in the modern hands Italian of history and soverei . " The gns power , the arbitrary which this and con in - - pope
jurious for gress liberty measures kindled by by whi the ch French it was revolution sought to eradicate of 1792 , the drove ardent the peop desire le
at length to open rebellion , and in 1820-21 the Neapolitans wrung * Albert representative from their , then kin acting g government a as new regent constitution . in These the temporary , demands while Piedmont , absence addressed of demanded to his Charle cousin of a s
the disapproval king " , Charles on his Felix part , , supposed were , in to the be absence acceptable of any to him expression . liberals i l In Ms drew position from , it a negative the most line flattering of conduct conclusion was equivalent sand to reg an ar assent dless o . f The his
protests mitted to that him he did must not be hesitate guided , w b y n the the king stern ' s re uncom pl , y to promis the , proposal ing refusa s sub l o - f
Charles Felix , reached Turinto tax the Prince of Carignano with treachery transactions in weig sinister withdrawing hed influence that of accusation \ all 821 over further and his his upon countenance fortunes , accession Charles . to Albert * from the * throne their , * exercising The were cause interval . passed Long to the b between and very the heavil Prince last the y a
y thoroug of Carignano hly forg in ave retirement his countenance and desir disgrace of for the national . constitutionalists The king independence , Charles at Felix b that which period , never he ;
until was and Austria possessed Ghialterio , penetr , _' s pursued revelations ating him the the with history e unrelentin of these g animosity manoeuvre . s again Little y st Charles known _^ lated to set aside
his Albert right is full of succession of interest as . the It was nearest then at first male infa seriousl heir nt , of y in contenxp fourteen favor of months his son old Yictor an
Maisonfort Emm arrangement anuel , did ( the of not which present fail the king to point present , ) out minister an the inevitable at Florence results , — the ' a Marquis regency , de of ,
412 Notices Oe Books.
412 NOTICES OE BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/52/
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