Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred DaysC. Scribner's Sons, 1891 - 283 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 152
... the nation an example of confidence , energy , and patriotism ; and , like the Senate of the great people of antiquity , resolve to die rather than survive the dishonor and degradation of France . The sacred cause of the fatherland will ...
... the nation an example of confidence , energy , and patriotism ; and , like the Senate of the great people of antiquity , resolve to die rather than survive the dishonor and degradation of France . The sacred cause of the fatherland will ...
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abdication Admiral Archduchess army arrived August Austrian battalion battle Beker Bellerophon Bertrand Bonaparte Bourbons Captain Maitland carriage Chamber child command Count Neipperg Countess court cries crowd Drouot DUCHESS OF BERRY Duchy of Parma Duke Elba Empire Empress Marie Louise enemy England English Europe faithful father fête Fontainebleau former Empress Fouché France glory Guard honor hope hundred husband imperial Island of Elba July June King of Rome Labédoyère letter longer Louis XVIII Lucien Madame Majesty Malmaison March Marie Antoinette Marie Caroline Marie Louise Marshal Méneval Metternich Minister Montesquiou morning Napo Napoleon Napoleon II nation Neipperg never night officers once palace Paris Parma peror Porto-Ferrajo Prince Prince Metternich Princess Provisional Government Prussians Queen received Regent remain return from Elba Rochefort Royalists Saint Helena Savary says Schoenbrunn sentiments soldiers soul sovereign Talleyrand thousand throne tion tricolored troops Tuileries vessel Vienna Waterloo wife words wrote
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Σελίδα 233 - I come, like Themistocles, to place myself at the hearth of the British people. I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim of Your Royal Highness as of the most powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of my enemies.
Σελίδα 12 - Before entering these walls, your new nd august monarch addressed to me the following f ords, which I hasten to make known to you, because they are the pledge of your future happiness : ' General, I have sacrificed my rights to the interests of my country, reserving to myself, with the consent of all the Powers, the sovereignty and ownership of the Island of Elba. Be so good as to make the people acquainted with the new state of affairs, and the choice I have made of their island for my residence...
Σελίδα 64 - ... August 10, nor from my son for six months, I charge the Chevalier Colonna with this letter. I beg Your Royal Highness to let me know whether I may send you a letter for the Empress every week, and if you will forward me her replies and those of the Countess of Montesquiou, my son's governess. I flatter myself that, in spite of the events which have changed so many persons, Your Royal Highness still preserves some friendship for me." The Grand Duke despatched this letter to Vienna. Let us hear...
Σελίδα 233 - Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British People. I place myself under the protection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness, as the most...
Σελίδα 172 - Soldiers ! this day is the anniversary of Marengo and of Friedland, which twice decided the destiny of Europe. Then, as after Austerlitz, as after Wagram, we were too generous ! We believed in the protestations and in the oaths of princes, whom we left on their thrones. Now, however, leagued together, they aim at the independence and the most sacred rights of France.
Σελίδα 113 - Buonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself liable to public vengeance.
Σελίδα 255 - I hereby solemnly protest in the face of heaven and mankind against the violence that is done me ; and the violation of my most sacred rights, in forcibly disposing of my person and liberty. I voluntarily came on board the Bellerophon — I am not the prisoner, I am the guest of England. I came at the instigation of the Captain himself, who said he had orders from the Government to receive and convey me to England, together with my suite, if agreeable to me. I came forward with confidence to place...
Σελίδα 189 - My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son. under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.