The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution, Volum 9Ballantyne and Company, 1827 |
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The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volum 9 Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1827 |
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volum 9 Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1827 |
The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a ..., Volum 9 Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1827 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina lxv - This is a Codicil to my Will. 1. It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved so well. 2. I bequeath to Counts Bertrand, Montholon, and to
Pàgina 209 - I am neither," he said, in the same phrase which we have formerly quoted, " a philosopher nor a physician. I believe in God, and am of the religion of my father. It is not everybody who can be an atheist. I was born a Catholic, and will fulfill all the duties of
Pàgina xlii - je fus sur le foyer du peuple Britannique. Si le Gouvernement, en donnant des ordres au Capitaine du Bellerophon, de me recevoir ainsi que ma suite, n'a voulu que tendre une embûche, il a forfait à l'honneur et flétri son pavillon. Si cet
Pàgina 201 - will be a Catholic here, for the good of the people. I do not believe in forms of religion, but in the existence of a God.!" He extended his hands towards Heaven— " Who is it that has created all above and around us ?"* This sublime passage proves that Napoleon (unfortunate in having proceeded no farther
Pàgina lxvi - pronounced innocent. Cautillon had as much right to assassinate that oligarchist, as the latter had to send me to perish upon the rock of St Helena, Wellington, who proposed this outrage, attempted to justify himself by pleading the interest of Great Britain. Cantillon, if he had really assassinated that lord, would have excused himself, and have been justified
Pàgina xliii - I came voluntarily on board of the Bellerophon • I am not a prisoner-I am the guest of England. I came on board even at the instigation of the captain, who told me he had orders from the government to receive me and my suite and conduct me to England, if agreeable to
Pàgina lxiv - with all its utensils, razors, &c. 2. My alarm-clock : it is the alarm-clock of Frederick II. which I took at Potsdam (in box No. III). 3. My two watches with the chain of the Empress's hair, and a chain of my own hair for the other watch : Marchand will get it made at Paris.
Pàgina 300 - it, looked wistfully on me. As who should say, I would thou wert the man That would divorce this terror from my breast-* Meaning the King at
Pàgina lxiii - 3. I charge my huntsman, Novarre, to take care of these articles, and to convey them to my son, when he shall attain the age of sixteen years. 2. My fowling-pieces, to the number of five. VI. 1. Four hundred volumes, selected from those in my library, which I have been accustomed to use the most. 2. I
Pàgina lviii - gave me at Tolentino. 3. I bequeath to Count Montholon two millions of francs, as a proof of my satisfaction with the filial attentions which he has paid to me during six years, and as an indemnity for the losses which his residence at St Helena has occasioned. 4. I bequeath to Count Bertrand five hundred thousand