rtedthegreatnationalistic</p>
revoltagainstnapoleon,ablood</p>
oftheuntryfortheirking,he</p>
ngressalloains.this</p>
vireature,k</p>
fouryearsofhislifeasaprisonerofnapoleon.hehadiroved</p>
hisdaysbyknittinggarntsforthestatuesofhis</p>
favouritepatronsaints.hecelebratedhisretubyreintrodug</p>
theinquisitionaurechaer,bothofh</p>
hadbeenabolishedbytherevolution.heing</p>
person,despisedaschbyhissubjectsasbyhisfourwives,</p>
buttheholyallianate</p>
throneandalleffortsofthedetspaniardstogetridofthis</p>
endedin</p>
bloodshedaions.</p>
palhadbeenhoutakingsiheyear1807when</p>
theroyalfalyhadfledtotheloniesinbrazil.theuntry</p>
hadbeenusedasabaseofsupplyforthearesof</p>
thepeninsula1808</p>
until1814.after1815palntiobeasortof</p>
britishproviilthehouseauedtothe</p>
throne,leavisersbehindinriodejaneiro</p>
aseerorofbrazil,theonlyarieireed</p>
forrethaoanendin1889</p>
earepublic.</p>
i,nothingprovetheterriblenditions</p>
ofboththeslavsandthegreeksillsubjects</p>
ofthesultan.intheyear1804blackgee,aservian</p>
shefouhekarageeviastyhad</p>
startedarevoltagainsttheturks,buthehadbeeed</p>
byhiseneesandhadbeenrderedbyoneofhissupposed</p>
friends,therivalservianleader,calledloshobrenovich,</p>
ethefouheobrenoviastyandthe</p>
turkshadntiobetheundisputedstersofthe</p>
balkans.</p>
thegreeks,helossoftheirindependewo</p>
thousandyearsbefore,hadbeensubjeaians,</p>
therons,theveiansaurks,hadhopedthattheir</p>
untryn,capodistria,anativeofrfuandtogether</p>
ostintitepersonalfriendsof</p>
alexahingforthebutthengress</p>
ofviennauch</p>
iedinkeepingall``legititenarhristian,</p>
slendotherheirrespectivethroherefore</p>
nothingwasdone.</p>
thelast,butperhapsthegreatestbluhengress</p>
entofgerny.therefortionandthe</p>
thirtyyearsoroyedtheprosperityofthe</p>
untry,buthadtueditintoahopelesspoliticalrubbish</p>
heap,nsistingofaupleofkingdo,afehies,</p>
alargenuerofduargravates,principalities,</p>
baronies,electorates,freecitiesandfreevillages,</p>
ruledbythestraassortntofpotehatwasever</p>
seenofftheiperastage.frederickthegreathad</p>
gedthisedastrongprussia,butthisstate</p>
hadnotsurvivedhiynyyears.</p>
napoleonhadbluepehedendforindependence</p>
ofstoftheselittleuntries,andonlyfiftytofa</p>
totalofrethanthreehundredhadsurvivedtheyear1806.</p>