Historical Characters

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Author

Dalling and Bulwer, Henry Lytton Bulwer, Baron, 1801-1872

Title

Historical Characters: Mackintosh, Talleyrand, Canning, Cobbett, Peel

Credits

Produced by Clarity and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

CT: History: Biography

Subject

Peel, Robert, 1788-1850

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53285

Release Date

October 15, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORICAL CHARACTERS
2. 2.TO LORD LYTTON.
3. 3.PREFACE TO THIS NEW EDITION.
4. 4.TALLEYRAND, THE POLITIC MAN. — Part I. FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOLUTION TO THE EXPOSITION OF THE STATE OF THE NATION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — XVIII. — XIX. — XX. — XXI. — Part II. FROM THE FESTIVAL OF THE 14TH OF JULY TO THE CLOSE OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — Part III. FROM CLOSE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO CONSULATE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — Part IV. FIRST CONSULATE. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — Part V. FROM THE FALL OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, IN 1814, TO THE END OF M. DE TALLEYRAND’S ADMINISTRATION, IN SEPTEMBER, 1815. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — Part VI. FROM THE RETIREMENT OF M. DE TALLEYRAND TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1830. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X.
5. 5.MACKINTOSH, THE MAN OF PROMISE. — Part I. FROM HIS YOUTH TO HIS APPOINTMENT IN INDIA. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Part II. HIS STAY IN INDIA AND HIS CAREER IN PARLIAMENT. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — Part III. MERITS AS A WRITER, DEATH, AND ESTIMATE OF GENERAL CAPACITY AND CHARACTER. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI.
6. 6.COBBETT, THE CONTENTIOUS MAN. — Part I. FROM HIS BIRTH, IN MARCH, 1762, TO HIS QUITTING THE UNITED STATES, JUNE 1ST, 1800. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — Part II. FROM JUNE 1ST, 1800, TO MARCH 28TH, 1817, WHEN, HAVING ALTOGETHER CHANGED HIS POLITICS, HE RETURNS TO AMERICA. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — Part III. FROM QUITTING ENGLAND IN 1817 TO HIS DEATH IN 1835. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII.
7. 7.CANNING, THE BRILLIANT MAN. — Part I. FROM BIRTH AND EDUCATION TO DUEL WITH LORD CASTLEREAGH. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — Part II. FROM MR. PERCEVAL’S ADMINISTRATION TO ACCEPTANCE OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP OF INDIA. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — XVI. — XVII. — Part III. FROM DEATH OF LORD LONDONDERRY TO PORTUGUESE EXPEDITION. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — XII. — XIII. — XIV. — XV. — Part IV. FROM THE BEGINNING OF MR. CANNING’S POPULARITY AS FOREIGN MINISTER TO HIS DEATH. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — VII. — VIII. — IX. — X. — XI. — Part V. — I.
8. 8.SIR ROBERT PEEL. — Part I. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — Part II. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — V. — VI. — Part III. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Part IV. — I. — Part V. — I. — II. — III. — Part VI. — I. — II. — III. — IV.
9. 9.APPENDIX. TWO MEMOIRS, READ BY M. DE TALLEYRAND AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE. — Essai sur les avantages à retirer de colonies nouvelles dans les circonstances présentes. Par le Citoyen Talleyrand . Lu à la séance publique, de l’Institut national, le 25 messidor, an V. — Mémoires sur les relations commerciales des Etats-Unis avec l’Angleterre, par le Citoyen Talleyrand . Lu le 15 germinal, an V.
10. 10.APPENDIX II. — M. R. — 1. Separate, secret , and confidential . (In cypher.) — 2. Secret. — 3. Secret and separate. — 4. Private.
11. 11.FOOTNOTES

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