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... render France the most miserable country on the globe . The ministry may be assured that if the daily increasing arrogance of the Parisian mob is not repressed by a strong arm , and social order rigidly maintained , we shall see not ...
... render France the most miserable country on the globe . The ministry may be assured that if the daily increasing arrogance of the Parisian mob is not repressed by a strong arm , and social order rigidly maintained , we shall see not ...
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... render them irreconcileable to us . " Again , writing at a later period to Menon , he adds , " I thank you for the honours you have paid to our Prophet . ” " I never , " said Napoleon , after his return from Egypt , " followed any of ...
... render them irreconcileable to us . " Again , writing at a later period to Menon , he adds , " I thank you for the honours you have paid to our Prophet . ” " I never , " said Napoleon , after his return from Egypt , " followed any of ...
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... of knowing , and respect her disclosures . " Once Napoleon remarked , " What render me most hostile to the establishment of the Catholic worship , are the numerous festivals formally observed . A saint's day NAPOLEON THE FIRST . 23.
... of knowing , and respect her disclosures . " Once Napoleon remarked , " What render me most hostile to the establishment of the Catholic worship , are the numerous festivals formally observed . A saint's day NAPOLEON THE FIRST . 23.
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... render ser- vices to my country ; and that death will have no bit- terness for me , if my last looks can see the happiness of the Republic as firmly secured as its glory . " 1804. A young English sailor who had escaped from a prison in ...
... render ser- vices to my country ; and that death will have no bit- terness for me , if my last looks can see the happiness of the Republic as firmly secured as its glory . " 1804. A young English sailor who had escaped from a prison in ...
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... Render funeral honours at once to this young man . I regret that I do not know his name that I might write to his family . Do not take away his flag ; its silken folds will be an honourable shroud for him . " As Napoleon approached ...
... Render funeral honours at once to this young man . I regret that I do not know his name that I might write to his family . Do not take away his flag ; its silken folds will be an honourable shroud for him . " As Napoleon approached ...
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