The True Napoleon: A Cyclopedia of Events in His LifeR. H. Russell, 1902 - 437 σελίδες |
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... sword , breeches , silk stockings and boots . This extraordinary costume and his small stature gave him the oddest possible appearance , which , however , no one ventured to ridicule . When he became Emperor , he wore a richly laced ...
... sword , breeches , silk stockings and boots . This extraordinary costume and his small stature gave him the oddest possible appearance , which , however , no one ventured to ridicule . When he became Emperor , he wore a richly laced ...
Σελίδα 34
... sword ( who had First meeting been a General of the Republic ) should be returned . I was so touched by this affectionate request that I ordered it to be given to him . This boy was Eu- gene Beauharnais . On seeing the sword he burst ...
... sword ( who had First meeting been a General of the Republic ) should be returned . I was so touched by this affectionate request that I ordered it to be given to him . This boy was Eu- gene Beauharnais . On seeing the sword he burst ...
Σελίδα 35
... sword ? " Bonaparte , Joseph- ine told me , had never mentioned this to her , and she never supposed that he had heard what fell from Raguideau . " Only think , Bourrienne , " continued she , " what was my astonishment when , dressed in ...
... sword ? " Bonaparte , Joseph- ine told me , had never mentioned this to her , and she never supposed that he had heard what fell from Raguideau . " Only think , Bourrienne , " continued she , " what was my astonishment when , dressed in ...
Σελίδα 40
... sword set with dia- monds , and a diamond necklace , estimated at a very large sum of money , which one of his sisters ( I think , the Princess of Borghese ) put round his neck the night he took leave of her at Paris , on his setting ...
... sword set with dia- monds , and a diamond necklace , estimated at a very large sum of money , which one of his sisters ( I think , the Princess of Borghese ) put round his neck the night he took leave of her at Paris , on his setting ...
Σελίδα 46
... swords . Ibid . Napoleon had only two swords in constant use , both with gold hilts , with sheaths of tortoise - shell mounted in gold . On the hilt of one , in the middle , was represented an Iron Crown surrounded with a wreath of ...
... swords . Ibid . Napoleon had only two swords in constant use , both with gold hilts , with sheaths of tortoise - shell mounted in gold . On the hilt of one , in the middle , was represented an Iron Crown surrounded with a wreath of ...
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Σελίδα 392 - 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 398 - ' says the Koran, "to every people a prophet in its own. tongue." Paris, and London, and New York, the spirit of commerce, of money, and material power, were also to have their prophet ; and Bonaparte was qualified and sent. Every one of the million readers of anecdotes, or memoirs, or lives of Napoleon, delights in thepage, because he studies in it his own history.
Σελίδα 408 - As to moral courage, I have rarely met with the two-o'clock-in-the-morning kind; I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgment and decision...
Σελίδα 390 - I retain for her, to my last moment, the most tender sentiments — I beseech her to watch, in order to preserve, my son from the snares which yet environ his infancy.
Σελίδα 334 - I know men ; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity.
Σελίδα 345 - A horse has memory, knowledge, and love : he knows his master from the servants, though the latter are more constantly with him. I had a horse myself who knew me from any other person, and manifested, by capering and proudly marching with his head erect when I was on his back, his knowledge that he bore a person superior to the others by whom he was surrounded.
Σελίδα 390 - French people" 5. I die prematurely, assassinated by the English oligarchy and its * * *. The English nation will not be slow in avenging me. 6. The two unfortunate results of the invasions of France, when she had still so many resources, are to be attributed to the treason of Marmont, Augereau, Talleyrand, and La Fayette.
Σελίδα 321 - ... and Las Cases. This disconcerted Admiral Cockburn, who expressed his surprise to his officers ; but Madame Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, replied with spirit — " Do not forget, sir, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of the world ; and that kings once contended for the honour of being admitted to his table.
Σελίδα 412 - A market for all the powers and productions of man was opened; brilliant prizes glittered in the eyes of youth and talent. The old, iron-bound, feudal France...
Σελίδα 359 - And whether he felt offended at being placed on a parallel with Toby, whether he thought it necessary to raise my spirits, or whatever else might be his reason, he went on with dignity and animation :—" My dear Las Cases, there is not the least resemblance here: if the outrage is of a higher class, the victims also furnish very different resources.