The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon BuonaparteR.Cadell, 1835 |
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Página 74 - France and England, by the abuse of their strength, may still for a long time, for the misfortune of all nations, retard the period of their being exhausted. But, I will venture to say it, the fate of all civilized nations is attached to the termination of a war which involves the whole world.
Página 263 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Página 73 - 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.
Página 3 - Having thus arrived in Paris quite unexpectedly, he was in his own house, in the Rue Chantereine, before any one knew of his being in the capital. Two hours afterwards, he presented himself to the Directory, and, being recognised by the soldiers on guard, was announced by shouts of gladness. All the members of the Directory appeared to share in the public joy...
Página 251 - The English wish for war ; but if they draw the sword first, I will be the last to return it to the scabbard. They do not respect treaties, which henceforth we must cover with black crape.
Página 251 - I had received letters from your lordship two days ago. He immediately said, ' And so you are determined to go to war ?' ' No,' I replied, ' we are too sensible of the advantages of peace.' ' Nous avons,' said he, deja fait la guerre pendant quinze ans.
Página 247 - ... gain, since sooner or later Egypt would belong to France, either by the falling to pieces of the Turkish Empire, or by some arrangement with the Porte.
Página 87 - Desolation," where nothing is to be seen but snow and sky, had no terrors for the first consul and his army. They advanced up paths hitherto only practised by hunters, or here and there a hardy pedestrian, the infantry loaded with their arms, and in full military equipment, the cavalry leading their horses. The musical bands played from time to time at the head of the regiments, and, in places of unusual difficulty, the drums beat a charge, as if to encourage the soldiers to encounter the opposition...
Página 130 - Paul then became sensible of all the imprudence of his conduct ; and in 1800, Suwarrow returned to Russia with scarcely a fourth of his army. The Emperor Paul complained bitterly of having lost the flower of his troops, who had neither been seconded by the Austrians nor by the English.
Página 277 - I will detain yours on land, where I am equally powerful. But after this I offered to release all the English I had seized in France before the Declaration of War, provided you would in like manner release the French and their property which you had seized on board the ships. Your Ministers refused.