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... caused the revolution . " When invited to Rousseau's hermitage to see his cap , table , arm chair , & c . , he exclaimed , " Bah ! I have no taste for such fooleries . Show them to my brother Louis . He is worthy of them . " " It is ...
... caused the revolution . " When invited to Rousseau's hermitage to see his cap , table , arm chair , & c . , he exclaimed , " Bah ! I have no taste for such fooleries . Show them to my brother Louis . He is worthy of them . " " It is ...
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... cause some less tears to be shed . " When Napoleon declared his intention to send Fre- deric the Great's sword to the Invalides , to please the old soldiers , General Rapp suggested that he should keep it for himself . Napoleon looked ...
... cause some less tears to be shed . " When Napoleon declared his intention to send Fre- deric the Great's sword to the Invalides , to please the old soldiers , General Rapp suggested that he should keep it for himself . Napoleon looked ...
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... cause of complaint , I have nothing to say but in praise of the attachment and tenderness of my beloved wife . She has embellished fifteen years of my life , and the remembrance of them will be for ever engraven on my heart . She was ...
... cause of complaint , I have nothing to say but in praise of the attachment and tenderness of my beloved wife . She has embellished fifteen years of my life , and the remembrance of them will be for ever engraven on my heart . She was ...
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... causing the star of France to decline . " On seeing a young Prussian soldier who was pressing his flag to his bosom in the agonies of death , Napoleon said to his officers , " Gentlemen ! you see that a soldier has a sentiment ...
... causing the star of France to decline . " On seeing a young Prussian soldier who was pressing his flag to his bosom in the agonies of death , Napoleon said to his officers , " Gentlemen ! you see that a soldier has a sentiment ...
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... cause of these wars . But they were not my choice ; they were the results of nature and the force of events . " 1814. In a battle with the allies at Montereau , a little town sixty miles south - east of Paris , Napoleon was re- quested ...
... cause of these wars . But they were not my choice ; they were the results of nature and the force of events . " 1814. In a battle with the allies at Montereau , a little town sixty miles south - east of Paris , Napoleon was re- quested ...
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