 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pàgines
...Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, replied with spirit, " Do not forget, sir, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of...table." —" Very true," rejoined the Admiral; and from that time he did his utmost to comply with Napoleon's habits. He shortened the time of sitting... | |
 | Barry Edward O'Meara - 1889 - 490 pàgines
...Bertrand, whose maternal language is English, warmly replied : " Do not forget, Admiral, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of...of being admitted to his table." — " Very true," replied the Admiral ; and this officer, who possesses good sense, a becoming pliability of manners,... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1891 - 500 pàgines
...Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, replied with spirit, "Do not forget, sir, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of...table." — " Very true," rejoined the Admiral ; and from that time he did his utmost to comply with Napoleon's habits. He shortened the time of sitting... | |
 | Charles Josselyn - 1902 - 520 pàgines
...Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, replied with spirit: " Do not forget, sir, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of the world, Napoleon's life on the Northumberland. Bourrienne. 323 The voyage to Bourrienne. and that kings once... | |
 | Walter Runciman Baron Runciman - 1904 - 348 pàgines
...Bertrand merely remarked with all the charm of a cultured courtier : " Do not forget, admiral, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of...contended for the honour of being admitted to his table." They had some misty notion that that admiral was not always considerate to his guest, and disliked... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1908 - 440 pàgines
...being admitted to his table." " Very true," rejoined the admiral ; and this officer, who possessed good sense, a becoming pliability of manners, and...from that moment to accommodate the emperor in his habits. He shortened the time of sitting at the table, ordering coffee for Napoleon and those who accompanied... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1908 - 456 pàgines
...Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, warmly replied, " Do not forget, Admiral, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of the world, and that kings once contended for the honor of being admitted to his table." "Very true," rejoined the admiral ; and this officer, who possessed... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson, Charles Austin Beard - 1908 - 440 pàgines
...is a man who has governed a large portion of the world, and that kings once contended for the honor of being admitted to his table." " Very true," rejoined the admiral ; and this officer, who possessed good sense, a becoming pliability of manners, and sometimes much elegance, did his utmost... | |
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Very true," rejoined the Admiral; and this officer, who possesses good sense, a becoming pliability of manners, and sometimes much elegance, did his utmost from that moment to accommodate the Emperor in his habits. He shortened the time of sitting at... 
