An Historical Inquiry Into the Principal Circumstances and Events Relative to the Late Emperor Napoleon: In which are Investigated the Charges Brought Against the Government and Conduct of that Eminent IndividualE. Wilson, 1824 - 539 pages |
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... towns of Valenciennes , Fontainbleau , and Nismes ; in the first city General Boubers commanded ; he had served un- der the old French monarchy , and piqued himself upon this fact , and upon his gentility ; these feelings had their ...
... towns of Valenciennes , Fontainbleau , and Nismes ; in the first city General Boubers commanded ; he had served un- der the old French monarchy , and piqued himself upon this fact , and upon his gentility ; these feelings had their ...
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... towns , and General de Fle- cheville , the superior officer there , was spoken of by all who came under his care in the highest terms of praise t . These were the first and halcyon days of capti- vity ; in January , 1804 , nearly the ...
... towns , and General de Fle- cheville , the superior officer there , was spoken of by all who came under his care in the highest terms of praise t . These were the first and halcyon days of capti- vity ; in January , 1804 , nearly the ...
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... town , with an order to suffer no person to enter or go out . The French ministers hastened their departure , because the term which they had fixed expired on the 29th of April , and because , by wait , ing till the next day , they ...
... town , with an order to suffer no person to enter or go out . The French ministers hastened their departure , because the term which they had fixed expired on the 29th of April , and because , by wait , ing till the next day , they ...
Page 102
... town . The answer not being satisfactory , another messenger was sent , and at length per- mission was obtained to leave the town with two hussars for an escort . The gate being opened , the ministers began their route , but the two ...
... town . The answer not being satisfactory , another messenger was sent , and at length per- mission was obtained to leave the town with two hussars for an escort . The gate being opened , the ministers began their route , but the two ...
Page 104
... blood . He conti- nued there till daylight , when he ventured out , and got unobserved into the town . If the simple narration of the circumstances of this extraordinary event be sufficient to awaken feelings of indignation 104.
... blood . He conti- nued there till daylight , when he ventured out , and got unobserved into the town . If the simple narration of the circumstances of this extraordinary event be sufficient to awaken feelings of indignation 104.
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Page xiii - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 511 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain. Whose causeway parts the vale with shady rows? Whose seats the weary traveller repose? Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise? 'The Man of Ross...
Page 513 - The moment of finishing his plans in deliberation, and commencing them in action, was the same. I wonder what must have been the amount of that bribe in emolument or pleasure, that would have detained him a week inactive after their final adjustment.
Page 487 - The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken, wanders o'er the heath; The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend, And stretch'd beneath the inclement skies Weeps o'er her tender babes and dies. While the warm blood bedews my veins. And unimpair'd remembrance reigns, Resentment of my country's fate Within my filial breast shall beat...
Page 514 - There have not been wanting trivial minds to mark this as a fault in his character. But the mere men of taste ought to be silent respecting such a man as Howard ; he is above their sphere of judgment.
Page 516 - Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone, Or never feel the rage, or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Virtuous and vicious ev'ry man must be, Few in th...
Page 164 - Bonaparte, finding that his hospitals at Jaffa were crowded with sick, sent for a physician, whose name should be inscribed in letters of gold, but which, from weighty reasons, cannot be here inserted: on his arrival, he entered into a long conversation with him respecting the danger of contagion, concluding at last with the remark, that something must be done to remedy the evil, and that the destruction of the sick in the hospital was the only measure which could be adopted.
Page 104 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep...
Page 421 - I determined, however, as I was thoroughly convinced of the necessity of such a dreadful act, to take the whole responsibility upon myself ; and immediately upon Michel's coming up, I put an end to his life by shooting him through the head with a pistol. Had my own life alone...
Page 519 - The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns, more or less, and glows, in every heart : The proud, to gain it, toils on toils endure ; The modest shun it, but to make it sure.