The History of Napoleon Buonaparte, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1837 - 618 pages |
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Page 48
... remained between the victorious invader and the rich and noble capital of Lombardy . The garrison of Pizzighitone , seeing themselves effect- ually cut off from the Austrian army , capitulated . The French cavalry pursued Beaulieu as ...
... remained between the victorious invader and the rich and noble capital of Lombardy . The garrison of Pizzighitone , seeing themselves effect- ually cut off from the Austrian army , capitulated . The French cavalry pursued Beaulieu as ...
Page 51
... remained but five days in Milan ; the citadel of that place still held out against him ; but he left a detachment to blockade it , and proceeded himself in pursuit of Beaulieu . The Austrian had now planted the remains of his army ...
... remained but five days in Milan ; the citadel of that place still held out against him ; but he left a detachment to blockade it , and proceeded himself in pursuit of Beaulieu . The Austrian had now planted the remains of his army ...
Page 59
... remained as it had been before they entered into these treaties with France . That the purpose of deceit was mutual , affords , however , no plea of justification - least of all to the stronger party . " It will be well , " says sir ...
... remained as it had been before they entered into these treaties with France . That the purpose of deceit was mutual , affords , however , no plea of justification - least of all to the stronger party . " It will be well , " says sir ...
Page 63
... remained together in the neighbourhood ; and but for his presence of mind must have been their prisoner . The Austrian had not the skill to profit by what fortune threw in his Vallette was cashiered . Augereau was afterward created duke ...
... remained together in the neighbourhood ; and but for his presence of mind must have been their prisoner . The Austrian had not the skill to profit by what fortune threw in his Vallette was cashiered . Augereau was afterward created duke ...
Page 65
... remained unimpaired . Once more the old general divided his army ; and once more he was destined to see it shattered in detail . He marched from Trent towards Mantua , through the defiles of the Brenta , at the head of 30,000 ; leaving ...
... remained unimpaired . Once more the old general divided his army ; and once more he was destined to see it shattered in detail . He marched from Trent towards Mantua , through the defiles of the Brenta , at the head of 30,000 ; leaving ...
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Page 218 - O miserable Chieftain ! where and when Wilt thou find patience ? Yet die not ; do thou Wear rather in thy bonds a cheerful brow : Though fallen thyself, never to rise again, Live, and take comfort. Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee ; air, earth, and skies ; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee ; thou hast great allies ; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Page 194 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 166 - Called by the wishes of the French nation to occupy the first magistracy of the republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your majesty.
Page 39 - I am come to lead you into the most fertile plains that the sun beholds. — Rich provinces, opulent towns, all shall be at your disposal. — Soldiers, with such a prospect before you, can you fail in courage and constancy ?" This was showing the deer to the hound when the leash is about to be slipped.
Page 230 - IT is not to be thought of that the Flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood." Roused though it be full often to a mood Which spurns the check of salutary bands, That this most famous Stream in bogs and sands Should perish ; and to evil and to good Be lost for ever.
Page 166 - VOL. n. 9 15 to contribute effectually, for the second time, to a general pacification, by a prompt step taken in confidence, and freed from those forms, which, however necessary to disguise the apprehensions of feeble states, only serve to discover in those that are powerful a mutual wish to deceive.
Page 48 - Beaulieu had removed too far back, in his anxiety to avoid the French battery, could come to their assistance. Beaumont pressing gallantly with his horse upon the flank, and Napoleon's infantry forming rapidly as they passed the bridge, and charging on the instant, the Austrian line became involved in inextricable confusion, broke up, and fled. The slaughter on their side was great ; on the French, there fell only 200 men. With such rapidity, and consequently with so little loss, did Buonaparte execute...
Page 44 - ... your exploits now equal those of the Armies of Holland and the Rhine. You were utterly destitute, and you have supplied all your wants. You have gained battles without cannon, passed rivers without bridges, performed forced marches without shoes; and bivouacked without strong liquors, and often without bread.
Page 166 - Is there no room for accommodation ? How can the two most enlightened nations of Europe, stronger and more powerful than is necessary for their safety and independence, sacrifice commercial advantages, internal prosperity, and domestic happiness, to vain ideas of grandeur? Whence...
Page 270 - It was with great difficulty that the two emperors rallied some fragments of their armies around them, and effected their retreat. Twenty thousand prisoners, forty pieces of artillery, and all the standards of the Imperial Guard of Russia, remained with the conqueror. Such was the battle of Austerlitz, or, as the French soldiery delighted to call it,