Napoleon in Exile: Or, A Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, in His Own Words, Volumen2W. Gowans, 1853 |
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... Sicily , and appeared surprised when I said that it had amounted to about twenty thousand Eng- lish , Hanoverians , & c . He asked if I thought VOL . II . C that Murat would have succeeded in taking the island , A VOICE FROM ST . HELENA .
... Sicily , and appeared surprised when I said that it had amounted to about twenty thousand Eng- lish , Hanoverians , & c . He asked if I thought VOL . II . C that Murat would have succeeded in taking the island , A VOICE FROM ST . HELENA .
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... thousand men , of whom , however , we were very doubtful , and consequently kept near Palermo , with the ex- ception of a regiment of cavalry . He wished to know " if our ships could have kept the channel on the night that Murat had ...
... thousand men , of whom , however , we were very doubtful , and consequently kept near Palermo , with the ex- ception of a regiment of cavalry . He wished to know " if our ships could have kept the channel on the night that Murat had ...
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... thousand men to effect a landing near Palermo , from whence the fleet should have proceeded directly to the Faro , to cover Murat's landing . But it was only in- tended to keep your English army doing nothing in Sicily by means of the ...
... thousand men to effect a landing near Palermo , from whence the fleet should have proceeded directly to the Faro , to cover Murat's landing . But it was only in- tended to keep your English army doing nothing in Sicily by means of the ...
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... thousand Spaniards and Portuguese , and one thousand English , to a certain place , there to be exchanged for three thou- sand French , and so on until all were exchanged . Your government would not consent to this , but required that ...
... thousand Spaniards and Portuguese , and one thousand English , to a certain place , there to be exchanged for three thou- sand French , and so on until all were exchanged . Your government would not consent to this , but required that ...
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... thousand , they would under some pretext break off the ex- change and that they ( the French prisoners , ) who were already treated badly enough , would then be subjected to every species of brutality and ill treatment , as the English ...
... thousand , they would under some pretext break off the ex- change and that they ( the French prisoners , ) who were already treated badly enough , would then be subjected to every species of brutality and ill treatment , as the English ...
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Página 49 - In fact," continued he laughing, " I was nobody in comparison with them. They continually tormented me about matters belonging to tailors, of which I was entirely ignorant, although, in order not to affront them, I answered just as gravely as if the fate of an army depended upon the cut of a jacket. When I went to see the King of Prussia, instead of a library, I found...
Página 511 - Angleterre, ou que vous retourniez dans la patrie, perdez le souvenir des maux qu'on vous a fait souffrir. Vantez-vous de la fidélité que vous m'avez montrée, et de toute l'affection que je vous porte. Si vous voyez un jour ma femme et mon fils, embrassez-les ; depuis deux ans je n'en ai aucune nouvelle ni directe, ni indirecte.
Página 69 - ... this object. I would not consent, foreseeing that the equilibrium of Europe would be destroyed. In the natural course of things, in a few years Turkey must fall to Russia. The greatest part of her population are Greeks, who you inay say are Russians.
Página 79 - Sardinia, and every other power, obtained an increase of territory, why not England, who was the main organ of all the success? Instead of establishing a number of independent maritime states, such as Hamburgh, Stralsund, Dantzic, Genoa, to serve as entrepots for your manufactures, with conditions, either secret or otherwise, favourable to your commerce, you have basely given up Genoa to the king of Sardinia, and united Belgium to Holland. You have rendered yourselves hated by the Italians and Belgians,...
Página 67 - I was accosted by Madame de Stael in a large company, although at that time I avoided going out much in public. She followed me every where, and stuck so close that I could not shake her off. At last she asked me, ' who at this moment is la premiere femme du monde?
Página 481 - 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.
Página 102 - Hudson Lowe, calling him barbarous and atrocious. ' That countenance,' he exclaimed, gazing at the marble image of his son, ' would melt the heart of the most ferocious wild beast. The man who gave orders to break that image would plunge a knife into the heart of the original if it were in his power.
Página 480 - Bonaparte 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.
Página 54 - must either fall or aggrandize herself, and it is natural to suppose that the latter will take place. By invading other countries, Russia has three points to gain, — an increase of civilization and polish, by rubbing against other powers,* the acquisition of money, and the rendering friends to herself the inhabitants of the deserts, with whom some years back she was at war.
Página 100 - I principally owe my subsequent elevation. My opinion is, that the future good or bad conduct of a child entirely depends upon the mother.