Napoleon, and the French People Under His EmpireTipper & Richards, 1806 - 421 страници |
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... arm , while the nation resigns to him her moral existence , and submits to be the patient instru- , ment of his will , without professing herself to have any , but what he from day to day may dictate . Hence , though we contend against ...
... arm , while the nation resigns to him her moral existence , and submits to be the patient instru- , ment of his will , without professing herself to have any , but what he from day to day may dictate . Hence , though we contend against ...
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... arm for him , the loyalty and the patriotism of Frenchmen . Thus perplexing our judgments of that peo- ple , while he has confounded their ... arms an energy , which , though it do not equal the enthusiasm displayed during the PREFACE . vii.
... arm for him , the loyalty and the patriotism of Frenchmen . Thus perplexing our judgments of that peo- ple , while he has confounded their ... arms an energy , which , though it do not equal the enthusiasm displayed during the PREFACE . vii.
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... arm of soldiers fight- ing for their lives . I can have no enemy so great as him who is at this instant seeking my life ; no concern so urgent as self - defence . Bonaparte is well aware of this ; and he ven- tures , therefore , to mix ...
... arm of soldiers fight- ing for their lives . I can have no enemy so great as him who is at this instant seeking my life ; no concern so urgent as self - defence . Bonaparte is well aware of this ; and he ven- tures , therefore , to mix ...
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... arms : From the renovation of it in all those countries which are yet unconquered , can Europe alone be rescued from the bondage prepared for it . In this country , in which the public spirit certainly has been less impaired than in any ...
... arms : From the renovation of it in all those countries which are yet unconquered , can Europe alone be rescued from the bondage prepared for it . In this country , in which the public spirit certainly has been less impaired than in any ...
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... arms . He did not think the path to the throne so easy and short as it was deemed to be by those genuine roués , in whom the infamous Philip and Dubois of ancient , France were seen to revive . In the mean while , it could not be ...
... arms . He did not think the path to the throne so easy and short as it was deemed to be by those genuine roués , in whom the infamous Philip and Dubois of ancient , France were seen to revive . In the mean while , it could not be ...
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Страница 277 - Buonaparte of high treason, in the full assembly, against the honour of France, her children, and humanity ; that he entered into the full details of the poisoning of the sick, and the massacre of the garrison ; aggravating these crimes by charging...
Страница 272 - Jaffa by assault, many of the garrison were put to the sword ; but the greater part flying into the mosques, and imploring mercy from their pursuers, were granted their lives; and let it be well. remembered...
Страница 277 - ... soldiers, who had suffered so much for their country, perished thus miserably by the order of its idol. Is there a Frenchman whose blood does not chill with horror at the recital of such a fact. Surely the manes of these murdered unoffending people must be now hovering round the seat of government...
Страница 273 - Buonaparte, who had expressed much resentment at the compassion manifested by his troops, and determined to relieve himself from the maintenance and care of three thousand eight hundred prisoners, ordered these to be marched to a rising ground near Jaffa ; where a division of French infantry formed against them.
Страница 168 - He is a stranger, a foreigner, and an usurper ; he unites in his own person every thing that a pure Republican must detest ; every thing that an enraged jacobin has abjured ; every thing that a sincere and faithful Royalist must feel as an insult. If he is opposed at any time in his career, what is his appeal ? He appeals to his fortune; in other words to his army and his sword. Placing, then, his whole reliance upon military support, can he afford to let his military renown pass away, to let his...
Страница 275 - The next circumstance is of a nature which requires indeed the most particular details to establish, since the idea can scarce be entertained that the commander of an army should order his...
Страница 274 - Bonaparte, who had been regarding the scene through a telescope, when he saw the smoke ascending, could not restrain his joy, but broke out into exclamations of approval ; indeed, he had just reason to dread the refusal of his troops thus to dishonour themselves.
Страница 280 - French ai'my penetrated, and she will at least hesitate to believe that the same armies should voluntarily ameliorate their conduct in a country more remote, where the atrocities they might commit would be less liable to publicity; and that this extraordinary change should be in favour of a people, whose principles and resistance might have excited the resentment of more generous invaders. I will not enter into an...
Страница x - Of whatever elements public spirit is composed, it is always and everywhere the chief defensive principle of a state. It is perfectly distinct from courage. Perhaps no nation, certainly no European nation, ever perished from an inferiority of courage. And undoubtedly no considerable nation was ever subdued, in which the public affections were sound and vigorous. It is public spirit which binds together the dispersed courage of individuals, and fastens it to the commonwealth. It is, therefore, as...
Страница 276 - ... reasons cannot be here inserted ; on his arrival he entered into a long conversation with him respecting the danger of contagion, concluding at last with the remark, that something must be done to remedy the evil, and that the destruction of the sick...