Napoleon, and the French People Under His EmpireTipper & Richards, 1806 - 421 страници |
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... king , and his armies , with a view to mislead the minds of the inhabi- tants of the south of Germany , and rouse them to insurrection , mutiny , and assassination of the French troops ; and even seduce these latter to disobedience and ...
... king , and his armies , with a view to mislead the minds of the inhabi- tants of the south of Germany , and rouse them to insurrection , mutiny , and assassination of the French troops ; and even seduce these latter to disobedience and ...
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... king , his , army , and the friends and allies of his imperial and royal majesty ? The votes being collected from below , the president delivering his vote last , the commis- sion adjudged unanimously that the aforesaid Joseph Schoderer ...
... king , his , army , and the friends and allies of his imperial and royal majesty ? The votes being collected from below , the president delivering his vote last , the commis- sion adjudged unanimously that the aforesaid Joseph Schoderer ...
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... king ) of Wirtem- berg , to the sad alternative of exposing himself to the resentment of his Majesté imperiale et royale by lenity ; or of exciting , by severity , the indignation of his subjects and all Germany . Palm only was put to ...
... king ) of Wirtem- berg , to the sad alternative of exposing himself to the resentment of his Majesté imperiale et royale by lenity ; or of exciting , by severity , the indignation of his subjects and all Germany . Palm only was put to ...
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... king for their sovereign . " Bonaparte shares with his countrymen in this predilection towards monarchy , but he wished for something more than they : he wished , him- self to be the king of a great nation . And as he has also shewn ...
... king for their sovereign . " Bonaparte shares with his countrymen in this predilection towards monarchy , but he wished for something more than they : he wished , him- self to be the king of a great nation . And as he has also shewn ...
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... king , your emperor , and will re- main so ; if ye will be obedient , ye may be . happy , as happy as subjects can be found any where ; but if ye do not obey , my soldiers shall seize you , and my prisons confine you ; there ye may ...
... king , your emperor , and will re- main so ; if ye will be obedient , ye may be . happy , as happy as subjects can be found any where ; but if ye do not obey , my soldiers shall seize you , and my prisons confine you ; there ye may ...
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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...