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Página 40 - Pedro, prince royal, the office of regent and lieutenant to his majesty in the kingdom of Brazil. He then hastened his departure for Portugal, accompanied by the remainder of his family and the principal nobility who had followed him. The disheartened monarch embarked on board a...
Página 133 - He then rose, and addressing himself to the messenger from the Campo, said — " Here is my abdication ; may you be happy ! I shall retire to Europe, and leave the country that I have loved dearly and that I still love." Tears now choked his utterance, and he hastily retired to an adjoining room, where were the Empress and the English and French ambassadors. He afterwards dismissed all his ministers save one, and in a decree which he dated the 6th of...
Página 157 - ... nomination of Senators, according to the before-mentioned regulations ; the convocation of the General Assembly whenever the good of the Empire shall require it ; the sanction of the decrees or resolutions of the Assembly ; the enforcement or suspension of the projects of the provincial Assemblies during the...
Página 129 - Peace, yet, scarcely had he concluded, when it was torn from his hands and trampled under foot. The cry for the reinstatement of the late Cabinet became louder, the multitude increased every moment in numbers, and about six o'clock three Justices of Peace went to the palace, at San Christovao, with a requisition, that the " Ministry who had the confidence of the people," as the late Cabinet were designated, should again be appointed. The Emperor listened to their representation, but refused to accede...
Página 157 - ... Constitutional Emperor and Perpetual Defender of Brazil." His person is declared inviolable and sacred, and he himself exempt from all responsibility. He is, moreover, designated as the chief of the executive power, which power is to be exercised through the medium of his Ministers. Its principal functions are the convocation of a new General Assembly in the third year of each legislature, the nomination of bishops, magistrates, military and naval commanders, ambassadors, and diplomatic and commercial...
Página 344 - ... ever existed since the days of the Sybarites. They consist of languid interrupted measures, as if the breath was gone with excess of rapture, and the soul panting to meet the kindred soul of some beloved object. With a childish carelessness they steal into the heart...
Página 114 - Crowded until almost unable to breathe, and suffering alike from heat and thirst, the poor wretches attempted to force their way on deck, but were repulsed by the guard, who, after firing upon them and fastening down the hatchway, threw a piece of ordnance across it and effectually debarred all egress. The stifling sensation caused by this exclusion of air drove the suffering crowd to utter madness, and many are said to have lacerated and mangled each other in the most horrible manner. Suffocation,...
Página 354 - 1st. From the publication of this decree henceforward, the entry of foreign swine into this kingdom of Portugal and Algarve is prohibited, under pain of seizure. " 2d. Any authority, or any private individual, may apprehend them, and one-half of the product will be given to the apprehender, and the other half to the poor of the place where the seizure is effected. " 3d. After seizure, they will be sold by auction before the Municipal Chamber of the Magistrate of the place, who, within the space...
Página 192 - ... between their officers and those of the regular troops, without remembering that the former serve without remuneration. Many private individuals, also, who desire to live in liberty, and free from subjection, employ all the means in their power to throw off a yoke which is necessary for their own good. Having hitherto spoken to your Excellency relative to the situation and military forces of the Captaincy, I shall now proceed to treat of the political and civil body, the character of the people,...
Página 65 - How dare these deputies of Portugal," observed the Junta, in this justly celebrated document, " without waiting for those of Brazil, thus promulgate laws affecting the most sacred interests of each province of an entire kingdom ? How dare they dismember and subdivide this kingdom, into a number of isolated particles, possessing no common centre of strength and union ? How dare they deprive your Royal Highness of the Regency with which your august father, our Monarch, had invested you...
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| Título | The history of Brazil, from ... 1808, to ... 1831. A continuation to Southey's History The history of Brazil, from ... 1808, to ... 1831. A continuation to Southey's History, John Armitage |
| Autor | John Armitage |
| Publicação | 1836 |
| Original de | Universidade de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 2 Out 2006 |
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