The Miscellaneous Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of NapoleonA. and C. Black, 1870 |
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accused affairs afforded afterwards Annual Register arms army arrested Austrians Barras Bernadotte betwixt Bourbons Britain British Brumaire Buona Buonaparte Buonaparte's character Chief Consul Chouans command conduct consequence conspiracy constitution Consular Council of Ancients Council of Five court crime declared defence Desaix desired Directory Duke d'Enghien Egypt emigrants Emperor enemy England English Ettenheim Europe execution expressed favour force Fouché France French Genoa Georges Cadoudal Gourgaud honour House of Bourbon Italy Jacobins Jomini Legislative Body liberty Lord Elgin Lord Whitworth Madame de Staël Malta Marengo Massena means measures Melas ment military minister Moniteur Moreau naparte Napoleon nation opinion Paris party peace person Pichegru police possession prince prisoner proposed purpose received rendered Republic resistance restored Royalists Savary seemed Senate Siêyes soldiers St Cloud Suwarrow talents Talleyrand tion treaty of Amiens Tribunate troops Tuileries victory
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Página 183 - I caused every institution to be formed upon a plan which offered instruction to the public, either gratis, or at a rate so moderate, as not to be beyond the means of the peasant. The museums were thrown open to the canaille. My canaille would have become the best educated in the world. All my exertions were directed to illuminate the mass of the nation, instead of brutifying them by ignorance and superstition.
Página 75 - 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 257 - 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...
Página 331 - I had foreseen, broke out in the most sanguinary manner. I was not the person who hesitated to express himself with the least restraint respecting this violence against the rights of nations and humanity.
Página 269 - TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men ! Whether the all-cheering sun be free to shed His beams around thee, or thou rest thy head Pillowed in some dark dungeon's noisome den...
Página 91 - 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 26 - General, and you, soldiers ! The President of the Council of Five Hundred proclaims to you, that factious men, with drawn daggers, have interrupted the deliberations of the Assembly — He authorises you to employ force against these disturbers — The Assembly of Five Hundred is dissolved...
Página 382 - There is no mention of this charge in the accusation — there is no mention of it in the evidence. 6. Unanimously guilty of being one of the favourers and accomplices of the conspiracy carried on by the English against the life of the First Consul ; and intending, in the event of such conspiracy, to enter France.
Página 243 - British nation, and the character of its government, if they have been taught to expect that any representation of a foreign power, will ever induce them to consent to a violation of those rights on which the liberties of the people of this country are founded.
Página 253 - ... 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.