The Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon, Volumen 3

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Página 288 - Greeks adopted a new method, writing their lines alternately from the right to the left, and from the left to the right.
Página 243 - The island of St. Helena is ten leagues in circumference ; it is every where inaccessible ; the coast is guarded by brigs ; posts within sight of each other are placed on the shore ; and all communication with the sea is rendered impracticable. There is but one small town, James Town, where the vessels anchor, and from...
Página 236 - England; but he neither has been, nor is, in the power of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, either in fact or of right, even according to the laws and customs of England, which never included, in the exchange of prisoners, Russians, Prussians, Austrians, Spaniards, or Portuguese, though united to these powers by treaties of alliance, and making war conjointly with them.
Página 1 - But," added he, " soldiers are capricious -" and inconstant, like you ladies. The best " troops were the Carthaginians under Hannibal ; " the Romans under the Scipios; the Macedo" nians under Alexander ; and the Prussians
Página 243 - London, an account of his travels in France, took the trouble to send it, as a present to the Emperor, but you did not think yourself authorized to deliver it to him, because it had not reached you through the channel of your government. It is also said, that other books, sent by their authors have not been delivered, because the address of some was, — To the Emperor Napoleon, and of others, — To Napoleon the Great.
Página 237 - Prussia, that sovereign would not have forgotten that it was optional with the Emperor, after the battle of Friedland, to place another prince on the throne of Berlin ; he would not have forgotten, in the presence of a disarmed enemy, the protestations of attachment and the sentiments which he expressed to him in 1812, at the interviews at Dresden.
Página 38 - ... destruction, and by the importunities of my people and even my Ministers, who urged me to throw myself on the mercy of foreigners. And I was obliged to keep up a bold look in this embarrassing situation : to reply haughtily to some, and sharply to rebuff others, who created difficulties in my rear, encouraged the mistaken course of public opinion, instead of seeking to give it a proper direction, and suffered me to be tormented by demands for peace, when they ought to have proved that the only...
Página 37 - Powers, who threatened our very existence; and on the other by the want of spirit in my own subjects, who in their blindness seemed to make common cause with them : by our enemies, who were labouring for my destruction, and by the importunities of my people and even my ministers, who urged me to throw myself on the mercy of foreigners. And I was obliged to maintain a good appearance in this embarrassing situation, to reply haughtily to some, and sharply to...
Página 153 - The postillion, after expressing his great astonishment at finding the Emperor there, stated, in answer to the questions that were put to him, that he had just come from Paris ; that all along the road, as far as Avignon, he...
Página 212 - What then remained for me to do? Was I to abandon Holland to our enemies? Ought I to have given it another King ? But in that case could I have expected more from him than from my own brother? Did not all the Kings that I created act nearly in the same manner? I therefore united Holland to the Empire, and this act produced a most unfavourable impression in Europe, and contributed not a little to lay the foundation of our misfortunes " (MJmorial de Sainte CHAPTER XLII.

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