LIFE

OF

NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE,

WITH A

PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH

REVOLUTION.

BY

SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., 71-1832

VOL. II.

ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH;

WHITTAKER AND CO., LONDON.

1835.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY JOHN SLYMAND,

GEORGE IV. BRIDGE.

Thin

12-28-23

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CONTENTS

OF VOLUME NINTH.

VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

CHAP. XII.-Jacobins determine upon the Execution of

Louis. Progress and Reasons of the King's Unpopula-

rity. Girondists taken by surprise, by a proposal for

the Abolition of Royalty made by the Jacobins.-Pro-

posal carried. Thoughts on the New System of Govern-

ment-Compared with that of Rome, Greece, America,

and other Republican States.-Enthusiasm throughout

France at the change-Follies it gave birth to-And

Crimes.-Monuments of Art destroyed.—Madame Ro-

land interposes to save the Life of the King.-Barrère.

-Girondists move for a Departmental Legion-Carried

-Revoked-and Girondists defeated.-The Authority

of the Commune of Paris paramount even over the Con-

vention.-Documents of the Iron-Chest.-Parallel be-

twixt Charles I. and Louis XVI.-Motion by Pétion,

that the King should be tried before the Convention,

CHAP. XIII.-Indecision of the Girondists, and its Effects.

-The Royal Family in the Temple-Insulted by the

Agents of the Commune, both within and without the

Prison-Their exemplary Patience.-The King deprived

of his Son's society.-Buzot's Admission of the general

dislike of France to a Republican Form of Government.

-The King brought to Trial before the Convention

-His first Examination-Carried back to Prison amidst

insult and abuse.-Tumult in the Assembly.-The King

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