Volume 5 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 5 (of 6) 91/102 I want them out of the country. 23, 1807): "An extra contribution of 100 million francs shall be imposed on the kingdom of Portugal, to redeem all property, of whatever denomination, belonging to private parties... All property belonging to the Queen of Portugal, to the prince-regent, and to princes in appanage;.... all the possessions of the nobles who have followed the king, on his abandoning the country, and who had not returned to the kingdom before February 1, shall be put under sequestration."-- Cf. M.d'Haussonville, "L'Eglise Romaine et le premier Empire," 5 vols. |