| William Henry Ireland - 1828 - 576 páginas
...embroidered mantle, vest, and small-clothes. April \6th, 1821, Langwood. '/>.</, i* a CoilitU to my Will. 1. It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks...the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom ! loved so well. 2. I bequeath to Counts Bertraml, Montholon, and to Marchand, the money, jewels, plate,... | |
| L. A. J. Mordacque - 1901 - 788 páginas
...ulcer in the stomach on May 5, 1821. In his will hé declared himself a Catholic, wishéd his ashés to repose ' on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people whom hé had loved so well,' spoke tenderly of Marie Louise and his son, and of all his relatives except... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 434 páginas
...in the apostolical Roman religion, in the bosom of which I was born, more than fifty years since. 2. It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks...midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well. 3. I have always had reason to be pleased with my dearest wife, Marie Louise. I retain for her, to... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 436 páginas
...embroidered mantle, vest, and smallclothes. April \6th, 1821. Longwood. This is a Codicil to my Will 1. It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks...the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved so well. 2. I bequeath to Counts Bertrand, Montholon, and to Marchand, the money, jewels, plate,... | |
| 1870 - 726 páginas
...The concluding words of his testament were marked by his usual eloquence : " I desire," said he, " that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the people whom I have so much loved." As a statesman, he had at once too much genius and too much ambition... | |
| 1839 - 558 páginas
...their obligations to the dead, and incited to emulate their example. -Napoleon wished to be buried " on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom he had loved so well." Washington has a more appropriate grave in the shades of Mount Vernon than under... | |
| 1839 - 546 páginas
...their obligations to the dead, and incited to emulate their example. Napoleon wished to be buried " on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom he had loved so well." Washington has a more appropriate grave in the shades of Mount Vernon than under... | |
| Richard H. Horne - 1841 - 668 páginas
...of the island. The second contained the well-known direction, which has been lately fulfilled:—" It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks...the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved so well." Sir Hudson had no authority to comply with this desire; but he expressed a wish to... | |
| Charles Knight - 1841 - 440 páginas
...In the first sentence of Napoleon's will, written only a few days before his death, he says : — ' It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, and in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.' During the Restoration no steps... | |
| Paul Mathieu Laurent (called de l'Ardèche) - 1843 - 486 páginas
...16th April, 1821, he himself marked out the spot for his final resting place. " I DESIRE," he said, "THAT MY ASHES MAY REPOSE ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, IN THE MIDST OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE WHOM i LOVED so DEARLY." Before this last wish could be accomplished, it was requisite that the French people... | |
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