The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words...Houghton Mifflin, 1910 - 1052 sider |
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Side 190
... Empress a little , has diamonds , fine dresses , the trifles of her age . I have never loved her blindly . If I have created her Empress , it was but bare justice . Yes , she shall be crowned ! She shall be crowned if it costs me ...
... Empress a little , has diamonds , fine dresses , the trifles of her age . I have never loved her blindly . If I have created her Empress , it was but bare justice . Yes , she shall be crowned ! She shall be crowned if it costs me ...
Side 191
... Empress at the Coronation ? Well , if the restive- ness of Joseph comes from the acrid blood that flows in his veins , he must retire to the country . He enjoys the rustic life and pastoral poetry ; let him go off and compose idylls ...
... Empress at the Coronation ? Well , if the restive- ness of Joseph comes from the acrid blood that flows in his veins , he must retire to the country . He enjoys the rustic life and pastoral poetry ; let him go off and compose idylls ...
Side 200
... Empress , which cost me another eight or nine hours . 14th . Our papers are publishing a genealogy of the House of Bonaparte which is both flat and ridiculous . Such performances are childish , and when people ask for 200 [ 1805 THE ...
... Empress , which cost me another eight or nine hours . 14th . Our papers are publishing a genealogy of the House of Bonaparte which is both flat and ridiculous . Such performances are childish , and when people ask for 200 [ 1805 THE ...
Side 220
... Empress Josephine . ) It is a long time since I heard from you . Do the festivities of Baden , of Stuttgardt , and of Munich make you forget the poor soldiers who live splashed with mud , blood , and rain ? I am starting very soon for ...
... Empress Josephine . ) It is a long time since I heard from you . Do the festivities of Baden , of Stuttgardt , and of Munich make you forget the poor soldiers who live splashed with mud , blood , and rain ? I am starting very soon for ...
Side 244
... Empress . ) I am to - day at Gera , my dear friend ; my affairs go on prosperously , and as I had hoped . With the aid of God , things will assume a terrible com- plexion , within a few days , for the poor King of Prussia , whom I pity ...
... Empress . ) I am to - day at Gera , my dear friend ; my affairs go on prosperously , and as I had hoped . With the aid of God , things will assume a terrible com- plexion , within a few days , for the poor King of Prussia , whom I pity ...
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words... Napoleon I (Emperor of the French),Robert Matteson Johnston Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1910 |
The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words... Napoleon I (Emperor of the French),Robert Matteson Johnston Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1910 |
The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life in His Own Words... Napoleon I (Emperor of the French),Robert Matteson Johnston Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1910 |
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Side 471 - I had made a landing possible; I had the finest army that ever existed, that of Austerlitz; what more can be said? In four days I could have reached London; I would not have entered as a conqueror, but as a liberator; I would have acted the part of William III again, but with greater generosity. The discipline of my army would have been perfect; and it would have behaved in London as it might in Paris. From there I would have operated from south to north, under the colours of the Republic, the European...
Side 494 - Prussia, were completely au fait as to the number of buttons there ought to be in front of a jacket, how many behind, and the manner in which the skirts ought to be cut. Not a tailor in the army knew better than King Frederick how many measures of cloth it took to make a jacket. In fact,' continued he, laughing, ' I was nobody in comparison with them.
Side 208 - Hanover, which it 1 [He started next day for Strasburg, and on reaching that city issued the following proclamation to the army :— " Soldiers ! The war of the third coalition has begun. The Austrian army has passed the Inn, violated treaties, and has attacked and driven our ally from his capital. You yourselves have been compelled to advance by forced marches to the defence of our frontiers. Already you have passed the Rhine. We will not again make peace without a sufficient guarantee.
Side 90 - You have been already informed of my arrival on the shores of the Red Sea, with an innumerable and invincible army, full of the desire of releasing you from the iron yoke of the English,' — and asking Tippu to send him an agent.
Side 147 - You know, that when women take a thing into their heads, they will go through with it, and you must gratify them. Well, I got up, much against my inclination, and went in my carriage, accompanied by Lasncs and Hessieres.
Side 457 - Madmen ! one moment of prosperity has bewildered them. The oppression and the humiliation of the French people are beyond their power. If they enter France they will there find their grave.
Side 69 - Notwithstanding our pride, our thousand and one pamphlets, our speechifying, we are very ignorant in political and social science. We have not yet defined what we mean by the executive, legislative, and judicial powers. Montesquieu's definitions are false. "In fifty years I can see but one thing that we have defined clearly, which is the sovereignty of the people; but we have done no more towards settling what is constitutional than we have in the distribution of powers.
Side 488 - ... some place he pointed out, in order to fight a duel. I laughed at this, and sent him back an intimation that when he brought Marlborough to fight me, I would meet him. Notwithstanding this, I like the character of the man.
Side 472 - Count Lascases, Since sixt wek, y learn the english and y do not any progress. Sixt week do fourty and two day. If might have learn fivty word for day, i could know it two thousands and two hundred. It is in the dictionary more of fourty thousand; even he could most twenty; but much of lems.
Side 494 - He was a tall, dry-looking fellow, and would give a good idea of Don Quixote. He attached more importance to the cut of a dragoon or a hussar uniform, than was necessary for the salvation of a kingdom. At Jena his army performed the finest and most showy manoeuvres possible, but I soon put a stop to their coglionerie, and taught them that to fight and to execute dazzling manoeuvres and wear splendid uniforms were very different affairs. If...