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¦ ¦NOTICES OF BOOKS. 419
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«O» The Vicissitudes Of Italy, Since The...
ammunition than fourteen or fifteen alike failing volunteers convinced from the the cit king y j of oined the him impracticability , "and food and of
is prolong truethat ing the on were resistance the enemy . ' s Milan approach , was , the barricades scene of had anarch been y and erected terror in . the It
earl of streets the achievements Five , , the tocsin Days was was the past sounded Milanese . Instead , the abandoned peop of rall le summoned ying themselves for an to effort arms to the ; worth but insti the y of gations fervor their
of the y Mazzinians , and filled up the measure of their ingratitude . Posterity famous will not tumults accept as that , an ensued apology that The few weakness comparativel shown in y took tolerating a share the in excesses the
in-. of a factioninvolved the whole population in their crime . awaited " In the the , darkest king his pages first of entering Italian their history walls is written When the it was reception known that that
on . agreed to spare to the b inhabitants which the remain the horrors s of the of an Piedmontese assault , an armistice were suffered had been to
, y army rounded retire across the the Palazzo Ticino _Grepp into i , their where own he country had nxed , an his infuriated quarters rabble , and sur de - - execrationsShots fired
nounced against the him windows as their betrayer of the palace with , fri and ghtful attempts were . made to were force the
amidst entrance the , defended not by a muscle a handful of his of pale the stern royal face bod betray y-guard ing . the Impassible slightest
life personal in his apprehension defence uproar , I , would the king rather strictl be y assassinated charged his ' he adherents said' than to take see my no
. ' ,, nig soldiers ht shed far the advanced blood of and one a Italian _barrel on of my gunpowder behalf . ' It was was being not until broug the ht
was , trance fbrward that by the an officer rioters unknown with the to intention the king of , hastened blowing to up summon the princi assistance pal
en-, , violence from " On the foot of Piedmontese the , at x midnig _^ opulace encampment ht , , Charles surrounde Albert . d by thus his soldiers quitted to the protect city which him from was the the to
have morning been of the the brig 6 htest th of jewe August l of , his the new royal diadem troops . Three , —ragged hours , later spectre , on -like , scarcely able to drag themselves along , — walls commenced their melanchol token of Lombard y
homeward brotherhood march , . being A long fired train _uiDon of from fugitives the followed as a parting in their wake . _Numbers of persons of every age and condition preferred voluntary exile to Austrian
means rule . . of The transport high roads . Half were Milan encumbered seemed with to carriages have of expatriated , carts , found every itself the available . town The
almost quest Austrians could deserted , on find their , no and gratification entrance plunged , in in so in all deep triump the a pomp g h loom over , that a victory foe even so , the utterl pride y pr of ostrat con e -
and dejected . " The atrocities committed by tlie Austrians in re _^ conquered
Lombard length y , are to de too spair well , and known distru to need sting * recap the itulation proposed here mediation . tlie Driven of tlie at d western the Lombards " regardless alike of change
aspect of powers affairs , , and the wrongs , they had inflicted upon Piedmont in 1848 implored that nation once more to undertake their cause . "
Urged b , y some , as " a test of liis sincerity / ' to abide the issue of a second appeal to armsdriven bthe machinations of tlie
Mazziiiians and tlie clergy , to give y irrefragable proof of his loyal adherence to tlie principles of liberty , Charles Albert once more took
the field . raised iC By to immense 135000 exertions menof which and expenditure 10000 onl , the were Piedmontese not natives forces of had a state been ,, , y
¦ ¦Notices Of Books. 419
¦ ¦ NOTICES OF BOOKS . 419
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 419, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/59/
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