THE APOPHTHEGMS OF 393-95- NAPOLEON; BEING A LECTURE, DELIVERED AT THE THEATRE OF THE FEBRUARY 20, 1854, BY JOSEPH LEECH. “Επεα πτερόεντα.”—Hom. Il. 1. v. 201. LONDON-HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. BRISTOL :-JOHN RIDLER. 1854. THIS Lecture, though delivered, is not printed, by request. But the writer having taken some little trou There ble in compiling it, ventures to publish the trifle, chiefly because the means of committing it to the press at little cost to himself are at his command. has been rather a long interval between its delivery and publication, owing to its having been put aside from time to time for more urgent engagements. This delay, however, has enabled him to increase the number of his examples; and for some of those added since the Lecture was originally spoken, he is indebted to the kindness of M. H. V. de Candole, of this City, whose opportunities and reading enabled him to supply those not within reach of the writer. It will be seen that in some few instances the French of the phrases has been retained; but this is only the case where the writer could not satisfy himself that translation conveyed their full force. BRISTOL, August 12, 1854. |