Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon, Volumen1

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H. Colburn and Company, 1823
 

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Página 176 - Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation,
Página 372 - me, and the honour of the sovereign who has deigned to call me his son. In this struggle between the liberty of the world .and oppression, I will say to the Swedes: I fight for you and with you, and the
Página 50 - with the First Consul, the Minister at war, Carnot, arrived from Versailles with a pair of pistols, enriched with diamonds, of very great value : they were intended for the First Consul, who, taking the pistols, presented them to Moreau, saying, " They come very opportunely" This was not a thing contrived for
Página 201 - give an idea of the indignation which the First Consul must have felt, it may suffice to mention that Toussaint not only assumed authority over the colony during his life, but invested himself with the right of naming his successor; and pretended to hold his authority, not from the mothercountry, but from a soi-disant colonial assembly which he had created
Página 142 - and Mediterranean seas : —such was the immortal trophy which he was raising to his glory. This great and powerful kingdom would have been, by land, a check to the House of Austria; whilst by sea, its fleets, combined with those of Toulon, would have ruled the Mediterranean, and protected the
Página 50 - The Empress Josephine married Moreau to Mademoiselle Hulot, a creole of the Isle of France. This young lady had an ambitious mother, who governed her, and soon governed her husband also. She changed his character: he was no longer the same man; he began to intrigue; his house became the rendezvous of all the disaffected;
Página 307 - to preserve obedience and fidelity to the Government established by the Constitution of the French Republic. I promise also to have no intelligence
Página 215 - mulatto children are brothers, are bred in the same cradle, bear the same name, and eat at the same table. Would it then be impossible to authorize, polygamy in our islands, restricting the number of wives to two, a white

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