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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 38
Page xxix
... offered to their mas ter , we will not take upon ourselves to declare ; but thus far we will declare , that they have pri- vately expressed their indignation at the treatment which he experienced , because we happen to be intimate with ...
... offered to their mas ter , we will not take upon ourselves to declare ; but thus far we will declare , that they have pri- vately expressed their indignation at the treatment which he experienced , because we happen to be intimate with ...
Page 41
... offered , the sports of the field , and visits to the neighbouring capital , -all tended to banish from their minds the reflection that they were in bondage ; no one , therefore , thought of breaking the silken cord , although to escape ...
... offered , the sports of the field , and visits to the neighbouring capital , -all tended to banish from their minds the reflection that they were in bondage ; no one , therefore , thought of breaking the silken cord , although to escape ...
Page 56
... offered supremacy , and refused the present ; Napoleon was less particular , and accepted the boon . Man is an inconsistent being : place grandeur within his reach , and not unoft he will despise the gift ; deny it him , and anon he ...
... offered supremacy , and refused the present ; Napoleon was less particular , and accepted the boon . Man is an inconsistent being : place grandeur within his reach , and not unoft he will despise the gift ; deny it him , and anon he ...
Page 59
... offered for the unhappy general ? 1. It is pretended that Moreau did not take a command in any foreign service - that he was merely attached to the general staff of the alli- ance . We cannot help admiring the bonhomie of the word ...
... offered for the unhappy general ? 1. It is pretended that Moreau did not take a command in any foreign service - that he was merely attached to the general staff of the alli- ance . We cannot help admiring the bonhomie of the word ...
Page 71
... offering up his prayers in the gorgeous temple of the palace of Versailles . Much the same observation may be applied to ... offered a bed of roses , -when the luxuriant fields of France were co- vered with the embattled foe , and the ...
... offering up his prayers in the gorgeous temple of the palace of Versailles . Much the same observation may be applied to ... offered a bed of roses , -when the luxuriant fields of France were co- vered with the embattled foe , and the ...
Other editions - View all
An Historical Inquiry Into the Principal Circumstances and Events Relative ... Barclay Mounteney No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
accused allies amongst appeared Archdeacon Archdeacon Carlyle asserts Baron Baron Gourgaud battle battle of Waterloo Bourbons British Bruxelles Buonaparte Cæsar cause Charleroi circumstances command commenced committed conduct Consul Count court coward crime cruelty death declare Domingo Duke d'Enghien Eburones Edinburgh reviewer Editor Egypt El-Arish Elba enemy England English escape execution fact favour feel France French army friends garrison of El-Arish head Helena History honour human hundred individuals inhabitants Jaffa king late Emperor law of nations leon Letters Lord Ebrington Louis XIV Louis XVIII majesty marched massacre Memoirs ment mind minister Miot monarch monster Moreau murder Napo Napoleon never O'Meara officers Paris person poleon Prince prisoners proceedings Radstadt respecting Robert Wilson Rovigo Russia sent sick Sir Hudson Sir Robert soldiers suffer Syria ther tion told town troops truth Turks Vide Voltaire whilst Wilson
Popular passages
Page 521 - 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 497 - 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 523 - 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 524 - 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 526 - 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 112 - 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 172 - 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 523 - ... like turbulence or agitation. It was the calmness of an intensity, kept uniform by the nature of the human mind forbidding it to be more, and by the character of the individual forbidding it to be less. The habitual passion of his mind was a...
Page 529 - 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.
Page 521 - Ross!" each lisping babe replies. Behold the market-place with poor o'erspread! The Man of Ross divides the weekly bread; He feeds yon alms-house, neat, but void of state, Where age and want sit smiling at the gate: Him portion'd maids, apprenticed orphans bless'd, The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes, and gives.