Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Tom 2A. & C. Black, 1876 |
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... already mentioned as Governor of Corsica , interested himself in the young Napoleon , so much as to obtain him an appointment [ April , 1779 ] to the Royal Military School at Brienne , which was maintained at the royal expense , in ...
... already mentioned as Governor of Corsica , interested himself in the young Napoleon , so much as to obtain him an appointment [ April , 1779 ] to the Royal Military School at Brienne , which was maintained at the royal expense , in ...
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... already laid a plot for securing their usual day's diversion . They had undermined the wall which encompassed their exercising ground , with so much skill and secrecy , that their operations remained entirely unknown till the morning of ...
... already laid a plot for securing their usual day's diversion . They had undermined the wall which encompassed their exercising ground , with so much skill and secrecy , that their operations remained entirely unknown till the morning of ...
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... already shown some inclination , and which promised to open the most free career to those who had only their merit to rely upon . " Were I a general officer , " he is alleged to have said , " I would have adhered to the King ; being a ...
... already shown some inclination , and which promised to open the most free career to those who had only their merit to rely upon . " Were I a general officer , " he is alleged to have said , " I would have adhered to the King ; being a ...
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... already quoted , and who had the best opportunities to become acquainted with the feelings of the proud islanders , has expressed it , " The Corsi- cans are still highly patriotic , and possess strong local attach- ment - in their ...
... already quoted , and who had the best opportunities to become acquainted with the feelings of the proud islanders , has expressed it , " The Corsi- cans are still highly patriotic , and possess strong local attach- ment - in their ...
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... already mentioned that a general diffidence , and dread of the proceedings of the Jacobins , joined to the intrigues of the Girondists , had , after the fall of the latter party , induced several of the principal towns in France to take ...
... already mentioned that a general diffidence , and dread of the proceedings of the Jacobins , joined to the intrigues of the Girondists , had , after the fall of the latter party , induced several of the principal towns in France to take ...
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Strona 241 - ... the countries which he had left behind, than the part which he was to play in that to which he was hastening. At length, they ventured to stand northward, and on the 30th September, they entered, by singular chance, the port of Ajaccio in Corsica, and...
Strona 295 - Called by the wishes of the French nation to occupy the first magistracy of the Republic, I think it proper, on entering into office, to make a direct communication of it to your Majesty.
Strona 207 - have no idea of children's play : they either kill or are killed. The Bedouins are an invincible people, inhabiting a burning desert, mounted on the fleetest horses in the world, and full of courage. — They live, with their wives and children, in flying camps, which are never pitched two nights together in the same place. They are horrible savages, and yet they have some notion of gold ! A small quantity of it serves to excite their admiration.
Strona 215 - ... every thing. Mankind appear colder and more selfish than they really are. In this situation we feel that, if nothing obliged us to live, it would be much best to die ; but when, after this first thought, we press our children to our hearts, tears and tender...