...arrive at a large flight of twenty-six granite steps. Before the first step, in the pave* I derire that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved so welL ment, is a mosaic rosette, whose centre is occupied by the imperial N. Two other mosaics,...

...marble from the Alps. Over the door-way leading to the tomb is Bonaparte's dying request : " I DESIRE THAT MY ASHES MAY REPOSE ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, IN THE MIDST OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE, WHOM I LOVED SO WELL." The crypt is a circular gallery, of about seven or eight feet wide, with a central...

...Alps. Over the door-way leading to the tomb is Bonaparte's dying request : " I DESIRE THAT MY ASHES MAT REPOSE ON THE BANKS OF THE SEINE, IN THE MIDST OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE, WHOM I LOVED 80 WELL." The crypt is a circular gallery, of about seven or eight feet wide, with a central...

...of the extreme unction had been administered to him.* Napoleon had desired that " his ashes should repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people ;" and that his heart should be enclosed in a vase, and sent to Maria Louisa. But Sir Hudson Lowe,...

...twenty-six granite steps. Before the first step, in the pave• I desire that my ashes may repose on tho banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved so well. ment, is a mosaic rosette, whose centre is 'occupied by the imperial N. Two other mosaics,...

...in the Apostolical Roman religion, in the bosom of which I was horn, 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, Maria Louisa. I retain for her, to...

...lips of the dying Emperor. Napoleon had earnestly expressed the wish that his body might he buried on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people «-horn he loved so well. But if that privilege f were denied his remains, he prayed that bis body...

...with each other, and separated by twelve caryatides about * I desire that my ashes may rcpoie on tho banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I loved w> well. fifteen feet high. Lastly, there is a small funeral apartment intended for a reliquary,...

...French government might take away marble to make the tomb of Napoleon Bonaparte, who desired " to sleep on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people." These words are inscribed upon the front of the tomb, and are eloquent of Napoleon's love for the French....

...embroidered mantle, vest, and smallclothes. ApriI 16 th, 1821, Long-wood. 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 BO well. 2. I bequeath to Counts Bertrand, Montholon, and to Marchand, the money, jewels, plate,...