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firsjt * effort was not successful ; but history , will say that his want of saccess arose from circumstances over which he had no eontroul . The battle
of' Sacile will be estimated by every enlightened military man , as it was estimated by Napoleon : there was little chance of success , but by the rules of strategy it was proper to fight . But this trifling defeat was soon
effaced by the passage of the Piave , of the Julian Alps , the rapid junction ; of the Italian army , and the brilliant victory of Raab . The pacification of the Tyrol , dtie even mor 6 to the prudence than to the militalr talents of Prince
Eugene , terminated this glorious year . In 1812 he commanded a corps of the grand army in Russia ; and a large part of the glory acquired at the victory of Moskowa is due to him ; but the immortal laurels of Malojaroslawitz belonged entirely to himself .
In 1813 , this Prince , hitherto conspicuous for his ardent courage * changed his character , and reached the height of military glory . He was able , like Fabricius , with the wreck of an army , saved from the ravage of the frozen
climate of the North , to stop the progress of a formidable army , and to dispute Foot by foot the last provinces of Poland and Prussia , and to keep a position behind the Elbe till Napoleon was able to reach Lutzen . There
Prince Eugene secured the victory by a march on the flank of the allied army . Recalled shortly afterwards to Italy , where war was about to begin , he was able , by organizing the recruits
and depots , which were his only resources , to form an army . The history , which I have traced , of the two skilful campaigns of 1813 and 1814 , is known to the greater number of military men , and I . shall not now stop to describe them . There
remained , however , another trial for Prince Eugene ; that those virtues might be all displayed , on which great talents can only firmly repose . This was furnished him by the catastrophe of 1814 . No person is ignorant at
what price he might have obtained a crown , but he merited one doubly by refusing it * In a delicate and difficult ; position , honour and fidelity were the rules of his conduct , and he might take them for his motto . Public opi-, niqn jias sanctioned hi 3 conduct . JFiav-
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ing thus fulfilled severe and almost opposite duties , he returned without regret and without reproach to private life . The respect and approbation of his father-in-law were his first
rewards-He found true happiness with a wife , who is as illustrious by her virtues as her birth , and in the midst Of an interesting family . The esteem justly merited which the Emperor Alexander entertained for him ., may have taught Europe that virtue always obtains the approbation of noble and generous minds .
But Prince Eugene is now no more , and is deeply regretted not only by his illustrious family , his former dependents , and his ntimercms friends , but even by the nations he governed . May this pure homage ; rendered by one whose sincere devotedness he
knew , be placed on his tomb / Older than he was , only a few years separate me from that moment When I may hope that inviolable fidelity will find a place by the side of the hero who was its object . * LIEUT-GENERAL G . DE VAUDONCOURT .
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464 Dr . J . Pye Smith in Reply toiPrqfesisorChenevidre ,
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Dr . J . Pye Smith in Reply to Professor Cheneviire , on the late Theological Controversies at Geneva .
, ( Continued from p . 4 Q 9 . ) Homerton , Sir , August ^ 1324 . ri ^ HE further re m ark s which I beg JL permission to offer upon Professor Cheneviere ' s papers , will refer to the persons upon whom he has ^ in particular , animadverted .
Geneva , he says , " was fixed an by a zealous sect for the scene of its labours , the central point whence its missionaries should go forth to propagate Methodism on the continent . " CMon . Repos . p . 1 of the present vol . ) This passage may serve as a specimen
of a disposition of M . C , apparent in every part of his pretended Summary , which cannot be represented more mildly than by calling it extravagant credulity , and the habit of making positive assertions upon subjects of which he is totally ignorant . Had there been such a concerted movoment as he
affirnasy I can see in it nothing to be blamed . It is the absolute right and the duty of those ; who embrace the doctrines and precepts of Ghrist > ac-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 464, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/16/
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