Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred DaysC. Scribner's Sons, 1894 - 283 σελίδες |
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abdication Admiral Alfred Nettement army arrived August Austrian battalion battle Beker Bellerophon Bertrand Bonaparte Bourbons Captain Maitland carriage Chamber child command Count Neipperg Countess cries crowd desire Drouot Duchess Duchy of Parma Duke Elba Empire Empress Marie Louise enemy England English Europe faithful father fête Fontainebleau former Empress Fouché France frigates glory Gourgaud Guard honor hope hundred husband imperial Island of Aix Island of Elba July June King of Rome Labédoyère letter longer Louis XVIII Lucien Madame Majesty Malmaison March Marie Louise Marshal Méneval Metternich Minister Montesquiou morning Napo Napoleon Napoleon II nation Neipperg never night officers once palace Paris Parma passed peror Porto-Ferrajo Prince Prince Metternich Princess Provisional Government Prussians Queen received Regent remain Rochefort Royalists Saint Helena Savary says Schoenbrunn sentiments soldiers soul sovereign Talleyrand thousand throne tion tricolored troops Tuileries vessel victory Vienna Waterloo wife words wrote
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Σελίδα 64 - Having received no news from my wife since 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.
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 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 176 - If the nation rises," said he, "the enemy will be destroyed. If, instead of such a rising and a resort to extraordinary measures, we begin disputing, all is lost. The enemy is in France ; in order to save the country I need great powers — a temporary dictatorship. I could seize it in the interest of the country, but it will be more useful and more national to have it given me by the Chambers." Alas ! the Emperor will not be treated by the Chambers as the Consul Varro was by the Roman Senate. Carnot...
Σελίδα 54 - ~T~TTHO would believe that the lust after paVV geants, the bursts of applause which, greet Moliere and Harlequin at the theatres, the hunts and banquets, ballets and tournaments, cover so many disquieting cares and opposing interests, such fears and hopes, such ardent passions, and such serious affairs?" One is reminded of this passage from La Bruyere when studying the history of that Vienna Congress, of which the Prince de Ligne said: " The Congress dances; it does not walk." The sovereigns made...
Σελίδα 255 - 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.
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 256 - I came forward with confidence to place myself under the protection of the laws of England. When once on board the Bellerophon, I was entitled to the hospitality of the British people. If the Government, in giving the Captain of the Bellerophon orders to receive me and my followers, only wished to lay a snare, it has forfeited its honour and disgraced its flag. " If this act be consummated it will be in vain for the English henceforth to talk of their sincerity, their laws, and liberties. British...
Σελίδα 256 - English people for twenty years went of his own accord, when in misfortune, to seek asylum under the protection of their laws. What more striking proof could he have given of his esteem and confidence? But how did the English respond to such magnanimity?