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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870. Excerpt: ... GEORGE IV. AND WILLIAM IV. 181 of English soldiers, four deep, rose into sight from a place, where they had been lying down, and poured into the ascending column so close and deadly a shower of balls, that the French became confused and disordered and soon ran down the hill. When Napoleon saw the effect of the British fire upon this advance, he cried out, "They are mixed together!" and rode away to the rear. Wellington was then engaged in galloping, as fast as his horse could go, towards the front of the line, to direct the final movements, which swept the wreck of the French army completely from the field. 5.-REIGN OF GEORGE IV. Chief Events.--The reign of George IV. lasted for ten years (1820-30). George Canning was the chief statesman of the time. A war between Greece and Turkey having begun, England joined France and Russia in opposing the encroachments of the latter. In the Battle of Navarino (1827) the oombined fleets of Turkey and Egypt were destroyed. The Catholic Relief Bill, removing the penal laws under which Roman Catholics had been placed, became law in 1829. The King died in 1830, and was succoeded by his brother. 6.--REIGN OF WILIIAM IV. Chief Events.--The reign of William IV. lasted for only seven years (1830-37). Among its earliest events was the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1830), constructed by George Stephenson, the inventor of the locomotive. The First Reform Bill, which was introduced by Lord John Russell in 1831, became law in 1832. In 1833 Negro slavery was abolished. William IV. died in 1837; and was succeeded by his niece Victoria. THE GROWTH OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. About 1790, a little boy used to earn a few pence a day by herding cows in the fields of Dewley Burn in Northumberland. His father's wages, as the fire...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0217004989
- ISBN 13 9780217004985
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages88
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