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" Such habitations bear no resemblance to our chateaux. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging, and to understand the distribution of the different apartments. But what... "
The history of the French revolution, tr. with notes by F. Shoberl - Page 255
by Marie Joseph L. Adolphe Thiers - 1838
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Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, Volume 5

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - France - 1823 - 430 pages
...entered the country-house of Murad-Bey at Gizeh. Such habitations bear no resemblance to our chateaux. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging,...distribution of the different apartments. But what chiefly struck the officers, was a great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks...
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The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon Buonaparte

Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 456 pages
...entered the country house of Murad Bey at Gizeh. Such habitations bear no resemblance to our chateaux. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging, and to understand the distribution of the difThus were, in a great measure, destroyed the finest cavalry, considered as individual horsemen,...
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Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: With a Preliminary View of the French ..., Volume 3

Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 454 pages
...entered the country house of Murad Bey at Gizeh. Such habitations bear no resemblance to our cltateavx. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging, and to understand the distribution of the (litThus were, in a great measure, destroyed the finest cavalry, considered as individual horsemen,...
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Life of Napoleon Buonaparte: With a Preliminary View of the French ..., Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - France - 1843 - 440 pages
...entered tbe country house of Murad Bey at Gizeh. Such habitations bear no resemblance to our chateaux. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging,...distribution of the different apartments. But what struck the officers, was a great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks and...
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The Camp-fires of Napoleon: Comprising the Most Brilliant Achievements of ...

Henry Clay Watson - France - 1854 - 448 pages
...comprehend the distribution of the apartments. But what chiefly struck the officers with surprise, was the great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks and Lyons silks, and ornamented with gold fringe. For the first time, they found the luxury and arts of...
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The Camp-fires of Napoleon: Comprising the Most Brilliant Achievements of ...

Henry Clay Watson - France - 1854 - 456 pages
...comprehend the distribution of the apartments. But what chiefly struck the officers with surprise, was the great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks and Lyons silks, and ornamented with gold fringe. For the first time, they found the luxury and arts of...
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Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 2

Sir Walter Scott - France - 1876 - 430 pages
...entered the country house of Murad Bey at Gizch. Such habitations bear no resemblance to our chateaux. We found it difficult to make it serve for our lodging,...distribution of the different apartments. But what struck the officers, was a great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks and...
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 2

William Hazlitt - France - 1895 - 342 pages
...understand the distribution of the apartments. But what chiefly struck the officers with surprise was the great quantity of cushions and divans covered with the finest damasks and Lyons silks, and ornamented with gold fringe. For the first time they found the luxury and arts of...
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