The True Napoleon: A Cyclopedia of Events in His LifeR. H. Russell, 1902 - 437 páginas |
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The True Napoleon: A Cyclopedia of Events in His Life Charles Josselyn Sin vista previa disponible - 2014 |
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Pasajes populares
Página 392 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Página 398 - ' says the Koran, "to every people a prophet in its own. tongue." Paris, and London, and New York, the spirit of commerce, of money, and material power, were also to have their prophet ; and Bonaparte was qualified and sent. Every one of the million readers of anecdotes, or memoirs, or lives of Napoleon, delights in thepage, because he studies in it his own history.
Página 408 - As to moral courage, I have rarely met with the two-o'clock-in-the-morning kind; I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgment and decision...
Página 390 - I retain for her, to my last moment, the most tender sentiments — I beseech her to watch, in order to preserve, my son from the snares which yet environ his infancy.
Página 334 - I know men ; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and the founders of empires, and the gods of other religions. That resemblance does not exist. There is between Christianity and whatever other religions the distance of infinity.
Página 345 - A horse has memory, knowledge, and love : he knows his master from the servants, though the latter are more constantly with him. I had a horse myself who knew me from any other person, and manifested, by capering and proudly marching with his head erect when I was on his back, his knowledge that he bore a person superior to the others by whom he was surrounded.
Página 390 - French people" 5. I die prematurely, assassinated by the English oligarchy and its * * *. The English nation will not be slow in avenging me. 6. The two unfortunate results of the invasions of France, when she had still so many resources, are to be attributed to the treason of Marmont, Augereau, Talleyrand, and La Fayette.
Página 321 - ... and Las Cases. This disconcerted Admiral Cockburn, who expressed his surprise to his officers ; but Madame Bertrand, whose maternal language was English, replied with spirit — " Do not forget, sir, that your guest is a man who has governed a large portion of the world ; and that kings once contended for the honour of being admitted to his table.
Página 412 - A market for all the powers and productions of man was opened; brilliant prizes glittered in the eyes of youth and talent. The old, iron-bound, feudal France...
Página 359 - And whether he felt offended at being placed on a parallel with Toby, whether he thought it necessary to raise my spirits, or whatever else might be his reason, he went on with dignity and animation :—" My dear Las Cases, there is not the least resemblance here: if the outrage is of a higher class, the victims also furnish very different resources.