Napoleon in Exile: St. Helena (1815-1821)S. Paul & Company, 1915 |
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Σελίδα 23
... writes to kill him : but I have told him that I shall remonstrate , and shall insist on his being disposed of by common accord . I have likewise said that , as a private friend , I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a ...
... writes to kill him : but I have told him that I shall remonstrate , and shall insist on his being disposed of by common accord . I have likewise said that , as a private friend , I advised him to have nothing to do with so foul a ...
Σελίδα 24
Norwood Young. " ' 1 Elysée . His stepdaughter urged him to write to the Emperor Francis , or to the Czar . " Never , " he replied , with emphasis , " Never will I write to my father - in - law . I have too much to complain of in his ...
Norwood Young. " ' 1 Elysée . His stepdaughter urged him to write to the Emperor Francis , or to the Czar . " Never , " he replied , with emphasis , " Never will I write to my father - in - law . I have too much to complain of in his ...
Σελίδα 33
... Write , Baron Peyrusse , my treasurer , sell my rente of £ 600 a year , and remit to me the proceeds . And I pray , " etc. He signed the order , " Napoleon . " But , as Peyrusse foresaw , the authorities declined to accept the transfer ...
... Write , Baron Peyrusse , my treasurer , sell my rente of £ 600 a year , and remit to me the proceeds . And I pray , " etc. He signed the order , " Napoleon . " But , as Peyrusse foresaw , the authorities declined to accept the transfer ...
Σελίδα 40
... writes of the situation : " The English cruisers were in view , and hovered day and night about the port of Rochefort . Every pass seemed guarded and closed . Besides , the winds were uniformly contrary . While , in this manner , every ...
... writes of the situation : " The English cruisers were in view , and hovered day and night about the port of Rochefort . Every pass seemed guarded and closed . Besides , the winds were uniformly contrary . While , in this manner , every ...
Σελίδα 41
... writes : " I anchored the Bellerophon as close to the French squadron as the batteries would permit , kept guard - boats rowing all night , and prepared my ship's company for the description of action in which I thought it was probable ...
... writes : " I anchored the Bellerophon as close to the French squadron as the batteries would permit , kept guard - boats rowing all night , and prepared my ship's company for the description of action in which I thought it was probable ...
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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...