Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications |
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Πλήρης προβολή - 1831 |
Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Πλήρης προβολή - 1833 |
Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications Constable and co, ltd Πλήρης προβολή - 1829 |
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Σελίδα 340 - First Consul of the Republic, to his Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland. " Called by the wishes of the French nation to occupy the first magistracy of the Republic, I have thought proper, in commencing the discharge of its duties, to communicate the event directly to your Majesty.
Σελίδα 332 - 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, even that of life, •which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Σελίδα 21 - exclaimed he ; ' how could they allow these scoundrels to enter ? They ought to have blown four or five hundred of them into the air with cannon ; the rest would then have taken to their lleiils.'" 1)1. BOUHXIENNE, tip 49.]
Σελίδα 281 - Malmaison," says Bourrienne of Napoleon, "how often has the booming of the village bell broken off the most interesting conversations ! He stopped, lest the moving of our feet might cause the loss of a single beat of the tones which charmed him.
Σελίδα 169 - But a fearful journey was yet before us. Some of the wounded were carried in litters, and the rest on camels and mules. A devouring- thirst; the total want of water ; an excessive heat ; a fatiguing march among scorching sand hills, demoralized the men ; a most cruel selfishness, the most unfeeling indifference, took place of every generous or humane sentiment. I have seen thrown from the litters officers with amputated limbs, whose transport had been ordered, and who had themselves given money as...
Σελίδα 136 - It is true, he had a Turkish dress made for him, but only as a joke. One morning he desired me to begin breakfast without waiting ; a quarter of an hour after, he entered in his new costume. Scarcely was he recognised, when we received him with bursts of laughter.
Σελίδα 156 - This court they entered, displaying the scarfs which marked their rank. The Albanians and Arnauts, composing nearly the entire of these refugees, cried out from the windows that they wished to surrender, on condition their lives were spared; if not, threatening to fire upon the officers, and to defend themselves to the last extremity. The young men conceived they ought, and had power, to accede to the demand, in opposition to the sentence of death pronounced against the garrison of every place taken...
Σελίδα 25 - ... good sense. TO THE REPRESENTATIVES ALBITTE AND SALICETTI. You have suspended me from my duties, put me under arrest, and declared me to be suspected. Thus I am disgraced before being judged, or indeed judged before being heard.
Σελίδα 137 - We celebrate the first day of the seventh year of the Republic. Five years ago, the independence of the French people was threatened ; but we captured Toulon : that was the presage of ruin to our enemies.