The Napoleon Anecdotes: Illustrating the Mental Energies of the Late Emperor of France, and the Character and Actions of His Contemporary Statesmen and Warriors, Volumes 3-4Prited for C. S. Arnold; Simpkin and Marshall; C. Stocking, 1823 |
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... tion in the public funds . This is a new system of plunder , not , hitherto , mentioned in history ; not even in the annals which record the corruption of eastern satraps , or of Turkish viziers and pachas . From the 22nd of September ...
... tion in the public funds . This is a new system of plunder , not , hitherto , mentioned in history ; not even in the annals which record the corruption of eastern satraps , or of Turkish viziers and pachas . From the 22nd of September ...
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... tion . With great facility he decided in a few hours what had puzzled the comprehension of others for a week . RESUMPTION OF THE TRI - COLOURED COCKADE . Ir is singular that the ministers of Louis XVIII . should have been strangers to ...
... tion . With great facility he decided in a few hours what had puzzled the comprehension of others for a week . RESUMPTION OF THE TRI - COLOURED COCKADE . Ir is singular that the ministers of Louis XVIII . should have been strangers to ...
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... tion which he had with Carnot ; on which occasion Napoleon made the following pertinent remark— " Vengeance has no foresight , otherwise they ( the Bourbons ) would have adopted the very reverse of the conduct they pursued ; the most ...
... tion which he had with Carnot ; on which occasion Napoleon made the following pertinent remark— " Vengeance has no foresight , otherwise they ( the Bourbons ) would have adopted the very reverse of the conduct they pursued ; the most ...
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... following song we venture to insert at length , as it was particularly obnoxious to the ultras , and as written by M. Berenger is a beautiful composi- tion . " Le Vieux Drapeaux . " De mes vieux compagnons NAPOLEON ANECDOTES . 11.
... following song we venture to insert at length , as it was particularly obnoxious to the ultras , and as written by M. Berenger is a beautiful composi- tion . " Le Vieux Drapeaux . " De mes vieux compagnons NAPOLEON ANECDOTES . 11.
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... tion , M. de Berenger was condemned to three months imprisonment and the payment of a fine of five hundred francs , about twenty - one pounds ster- ling . NAPOLEON'S CONFIDENCE IN HIS ARMY . " To show you the confidence that I had in ...
... tion , M. de Berenger was condemned to three months imprisonment and the payment of a fine of five hundred francs , about twenty - one pounds ster- ling . NAPOLEON'S CONFIDENCE IN HIS ARMY . " To show you the confidence that I had in ...
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