The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon BuonaparteR.Cadell, 1835 |
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Stran 313 - and drawn by four horses. It came on at full speed; and Napoleon, jumping from the vehicle, was in the midst of the ranks which had been formed to oppose him. His escort threw themselves from their horses, mingled with their ancient comrades, and the effect of their exhortations was instantaneous on men,
Stran 309 - I will take a musket from a grenadier and begin the action myself;—I will run my sword to the hilt in the first who hesitates to follow my example.” To the minister at war he wrote, that all were dazzled by the activity and rapid progress of the invader; that Napoleon was favoured by
Stran 2 - breast,—” wherefore should not the whole truth be told? Wellington has entered the south; the Russians menace the northern frontier; the Prussians, Austrians, and Bavarians threaten the east. Shame !—Wellington is in France, and we have not risen in mass to drive him back. All my allies have deserted me;
Stran 190 - it is you who have betrayed France and the army, by sacrificing both to a frantic spirit of ambition.”—” Thou hast chosen thyself a new master,” said Napoleon.—” I have no account to render to you on that score,” replied the general.—” Thou hast no courage,” replied Buonaparte.—
Stran 347 - make him rightly understand that when the Emperor gave all men liberty to publish what pleased themselves, it was under the tacit condition that it should also please the prefect and minister of police. Compte had the spirit to publish the whole affair. In the mean while, proclamations of Louis,
Stran 7 - with such notes as I shall furnish. Even if I had done wrong, you ought not to have reproached me with it thus publicly. People do not wash their dirty linen before the world. To conclude, France has more need of me than I have of France.
Stran 182 - severed from the wife, and the father torn from his only child. To console him for the fairest and largest empire that ambition ever lorded it over, he had, with the mock name of emperor, a petty isle to which he was to retire, accompanied by the pity of such friends
Stran 186 - fore, all who desire leave to go to Paris have my permission to do so, and those who remain here will do well to send in their adhesion to the government of the Bourbons.” Yet, while Napoleon used this manful and becoming language to his followers, on the subject of the
Stran 7 - where the inhabitants ask for leaders and arms to drive the invaders back. You are not the representatives of the people—you are only the representatives of the individual departments . . . . Yet you seek in your address to draw a distinction betwixt the sovereign and the people. I—I am the only real representative of
Stran 203 - out a plan of fortifications,and remarked, with complacency, “Europe will say that I have already made a conquest.¿ In an incredibly short time Napoleon had also planned several roads, had contrived means to convey water from the mountains to Porto Ferrajo,' designed two palaces, one for the country, the other in the city, a separate mansion for his sister