Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: With Copious Historical Illustrations, and Original Anecdotes, from the Ms. of Count Labédoyère, Interspersed with Extracts from M. V. Arnault, Counts Rapp, Montholon, Las Cases, Gourgaud, Segur, &c. Prededed by an Analysis of the French Revolution, Τόμος 2G. Virtue, 1827 |
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Σελίδα 462
... victory over the French at Pultusk , reached Koenigsberg on the 29th of December , and Bennigsen's false bulletin , read in all the squares in the town , excited a general joy . Public rejoicings were ordered on the same occasion ; but ...
... victory over the French at Pultusk , reached Koenigsberg on the 29th of December , and Bennigsen's false bulletin , read in all the squares in the town , excited a general joy . Public rejoicings were ordered on the same occasion ; but ...
Σελίδα 470
... victory would then have been de- cided , had it not been for the wood of Sausgarten and the inequality of the ground . The sight of the field of battle offered a dreadful spec- tacle . Nine thousand dead were counted , two - thirds of ...
... victory would then have been de- cided , had it not been for the wood of Sausgarten and the inequality of the ground . The sight of the field of battle offered a dreadful spec- tacle . Nine thousand dead were counted , two - thirds of ...
Σελίδα 478
... victory , which had not been doubt- ful for a moment , was complete the imperial guard , horse and foot , excepting the fusileers under General Savary , and two divisions of the first corps , had not been engaged . Fifteen thousand of ...
... victory , which had not been doubt- ful for a moment , was complete the imperial guard , horse and foot , excepting the fusileers under General Savary , and two divisions of the first corps , had not been engaged . Fifteen thousand of ...
Σελίδα 488
... victory , and even sacrificed the rights it had conferred upon him . Satisfied with having obtained the objects of the war , Napoleon only wished for a legitimate security of the advantages he had obtained . Alexander and Frederick ...
... victory , and even sacrificed the rights it had conferred upon him . Satisfied with having obtained the objects of the war , Napoleon only wished for a legitimate security of the advantages he had obtained . Alexander and Frederick ...
Σελίδα 495
... victory at Jena ; at the same time assuring him , that he had fruitlessly tried every means of preserving peace with Prussia . " Those despatches , " says Louis , " would alone suffice , if necessary , to prove the profound genius of ...
... victory at Jena ; at the same time assuring him , that he had fruitlessly tried every means of preserving peace with Prussia . " Those despatches , " says Louis , " would alone suffice , if necessary , to prove the profound genius of ...
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Σελίδα 860 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Σελίδα 794 - Madmen ! One moment of prosperity has bewildered them. The oppression and humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France, they will there find their grave.
Σελίδα 709 - The Allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, ab I?
Σελίδα 528 - Soldiers ! The territory of the Confederation of the Rhine has been violated. The Austrian general supposes that we are to fly at the sight of his eagles, and abandon our allies to his mercy.
Σελίδα 845 - It was about fourteen feet by twelve, and ten or eleven feet in height. The walls were lined with brown nankeen, bordered and edged with common green bordering paper, and destitute of skirting.
Σελίδα 872 - Will of the \5th of April. •• 1. Amongst the diamonds of the crown which were delivered up in 1814, there were some to the value of five or six hundred thousand francs, not belonging to it, but which formed part of my private property ; repossession shall be obtained of them in order to discharge my legacies. 2. I had in the hands of the banker Torlonia, at Rome...
Σελίδα 687 - I gave you carte blanche, to save Paris and avoid a battle, which was the last hope of the nation. The battle has taken place, and Providence has blessed our arms.
Σελίδα 875 - Ten thousand francs to the subaltern officer Cantillon, who has undergone a trial, upon the charge of having endeavoured to assassinate Lord Wellington, of which he was pronounced innocent. Cantillon had as much right to assassinate that oligarchist, as the latter had to send me to perish upon the rock of St Helena.
Σελίδα 872 - Rhine, under the directions of my executors, and upon their orders, one hundred thousand francs. 22. To be distributed amongst those who suffered amputation, or were severely wounded at Ligny or Waterloo, who may be still living, according to lists drawn up by my executors, to whom shall be added Cambrone, Larrey, Percy, and Emmery. The guards shall be paid double ; those of the Island of Elba, quadruple ; two hundred thousand francs.
Σελίδα 867 - Ah ! there is a man with a countenance really pleasing, open, frank, and sincere. There is the face of an Englishman. His countenance bespeaks his heart, and I am sure he is a. good man : I never yet beheld a man of whom I so immediately formed a good opinion, as of that fine soldier-like old man. He carries...