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    420 NOTICES OF BOOKS.

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    at of once the issue determined , exulting on assuming pated the offensive triump , . Leaving Milan in a -mar state of terror directed and his prostration march towards that secured the frontier him against The any most rising important in his absence x _^ ass of , the he

    . Ticino , the boundary river , had been confided to Kamorino . In direct vioentered lation of Piedmont Chrzanowsk with y ' a s facility orders , he incredible left it undefended even to themselves ; and the . Austrians hastilconcentrated

    at * Novara ' Bewildered . After at thi partial s intelli engagements gence , the royal the two troops previous were days y , on the 23 rd the flower of March same of was the brilliant nobility fought courage the of Pie decisive dmont distinguished battle as in . the Sustained the previous king from summer and his noon on sons till the , evening and lains the of ,

    , p had Lombard gone y unwilling . But the ly sp to irit the of war the ; still soldiers smarting was no under longer the the remembrance same . They of the the midst shots discharged of lentythe at them arguments by the used Milanese to undermine , and the privations their faith endured and dis in

    ci Custoza pline had were not p wanting been , ineffectual at Novara . . The Nightfall energy found of Goito the Piedmontese , the endurance retiring of in attempts great , to disorder resume the upon contest the town would , and be unavailing their general . s convinced that all

    b " his Charles tall figure Albert and had undaunted sought bearing in vain for wherever a soldier danger ' s grave most . Consp abounded icuous , he y at length forced bhis attendants from the field . ' Let me die' he

    was y , is summoned said to have and exclaimed as the demoralised , ' this is my condition last day of ! ' the A troops council precluded was hastil all y possibility , of bringing them again to face the enemy at , an armistice was de in

    manded admissible . . Hadetzk Then y ' s it arrogant wasthat conditions believing were personal once animosity pronounced towards - himself had a share in the conqueror , , ' s severity , the king resolved to abdicate

    in Embracing favor of him his in eld the est midst son , of the his Duke assembled of Savoy officers , now , Victor sorrowing Emmanuel and awe II . -

    _stricken king ; after while which he alone , dismissing was unmoved the council , he , x _« > he _resented remained him for to them a short as their time

    alone with his sons .

    420 Notices Of Books.

    420 NOTICES OF BOOKS .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1859, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081859/page/60/