Napoleon in Exile: St. Helena (1815-1821)S. Paul & Company, 1915 |
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... wood has been cleared away ; there is no camp of red - coated soldiers in the distance . But , in other respects , the scene has not changed , and the five weeks at Longwood have proved of immense value to me , clearing away ...
... wood has been cleared away ; there is no camp of red - coated soldiers in the distance . But , in other respects , the scene has not changed , and the five weeks at Longwood have proved of immense value to me , clearing away ...
Σελίδα 89
... wood , and cabbage trees . Away to the right is a grand range of rocks . " Thomas Brooke wrote , in 1808 : 2 " It would be difficult , perhaps , in any country to meet with a more uncommon and romantic prospect than Sandy Bay , when ...
... wood , and cabbage trees . Away to the right is a grand range of rocks . " Thomas Brooke wrote , in 1808 : 2 " It would be difficult , perhaps , in any country to meet with a more uncommon and romantic prospect than Sandy Bay , when ...
Σελίδα 92
... wood for the residence of Napoleon . There are some fine oaks , while the hedges are overrun with buddlea , which has developed into a troublesome weed , with clumps of the handsome ginger plant , and the large white trumpet flowers of ...
... wood for the residence of Napoleon . There are some fine oaks , while the hedges are overrun with buddlea , which has developed into a troublesome weed , with clumps of the handsome ginger plant , and the large white trumpet flowers of ...
Σελίδα 101
... wood , is peculiar to St. Helena . The Java sparrow , a hand- some little creature , is common , as also are the avadavat , the mynah , the canary , and the cardinal , a bird of wonderful brilliance an intensified robin , which is ...
... wood , is peculiar to St. Helena . The Java sparrow , a hand- some little creature , is common , as also are the avadavat , the mynah , the canary , and the cardinal , a bird of wonderful brilliance an intensified robin , which is ...
Σελίδα 109
... wood , a distance of two miles ; and he did much to arrest the growth of the bramble , which had overrun large tracts . Lowe obtained local support for the gradual abolition of slavery . In 1792 the importation of slaves had been ...
... wood , a distance of two miles ; and he did much to arrest the growth of the bramble , which had overrun large tracts . Lowe obtained local support for the gradual abolition of slavery . In 1792 the importation of slaves had been ...
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Σελίδα 111 - Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon during the First Three Years of his Captivity on the Island of St. Helena.
Σελίδα 38 - Keith, to keep the most vigilant look-out, for the purpose of intercepting him ; and to make the strictest search of any vessel you may fall in with ; and if you should be so fortunate as to intercept him, you are to transfer him and his family to the ship you command, and, there keeping him in careful custody, return to the nearest port in England (going into Torbay in preference to Plymouth,) with all possible expedition ; and, on your arrival, you are not to permit any communication whatever with...
Σελίδα 18 - I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a transaction; and that he and I had acted too distinguished parts in these transactions to become executioners ; and that I was determined, that if the Sovereigns wished to put him to death, they should appoint an executioner, which should not be me.
Σελίδα 38 - I cannot say what the intentions of my Government may be; but, the two countries being at present in a state of war, it is impossible for me to permit any ship of war to put to sea from the port of Rochefort.
Σελίδα 48 - When dinner was announced, Buonaparte, viewing himself as a Royal personage, which he continued to do while on board the Bellerophon, and which, under the circumstances, I considered it would have been both ungracious and uncalled for in me to have disputed, led the way into the dining-room.
Σελίδα 254 - Their Majesties the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Emperor of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the King of Prussia...
Σελίδα 43 - Casses, that I have no authority whatever for granting terms of any sort ; but that all I can do is, to convey him and his suite to England, to be received in such manner as his royal highness may deem expedient.
Σελίδα 42 - Exposed to the factions which divide my Country, and to the enmity of the greatest Powers of Europe, I have term1nated my political career ; and I come, like Themistocles, to throw myself upon the hospitality of the British People.
Σελίδα 220 - You will observe, that the desire of his Majesty's Government is, to allow every indulgence to General Buonaparte which may be compatible with the entire security of his person. That he should not by any means escape, or hold communication with any person...