The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Tập 3J. Cumberland, 1828 |
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Trang 299 - To this it is my duty to add, that I have guaranteed to the emperor of Austria the integrity of his dominions, and that I cannot sanction any manoeuvre, or the least movement, tending to disturb the peaceable possession of what remains to him of the Polish provinces.
Trang 247 - I possess all from his bounty ; it was his hand which crowned me ; and from the height of this throne I have received nothing but proofs of affection and love from the French people. I think I prove myself grateful in consenting to the dissolution of a marriage which heretofore was an obstacle...
Trang 92 - Eugene, and his direct legitimate descendants from male to male, by order of primogeniture, to the perpetual exclusion of women and their descendants.
Trang 247 - I ought to declare, that not perceiving any hope of having children, which may fulfil the wants of his policy and the interests of France, I am pleased to give him the greatest proof of attachment and devotion, which has ever been given on earth.
Trang 247 - ... of France, I am pleased to give him the greatest proof of attachment and devotion, which has ever been given on earth. I possess all from his bounty : it was his hand which crowned me ; and...
Trang 241 - ... it. I hoped, that, brought up under me, you would have had such an attachment to France, as the nation has a right to expect from its children, and still more from its princes; I hoped, that, educated in my politics, you would have felt that Holland, weak, without an ally, without an...
Trang 244 - Your Majesty will find me a brother, if I find in you a Frenchman; but should you be unmindful of the sentiments, that attach you to our common country, you will not take it amiss, if I disregard those, that nature has formed between us. To recapitulate what has been said : the union of Holland to France is the step that would be most useful to France, to Holland, and to the continent, for it would be most injurious to England. This union may be effected voluntarily, or by force. I have complaints...
Trang 307 - Bagration presented itself at another; on which, the Russian retreated once more into his marshes, towards the south. At this intelligence, observing Bagration and 40,000 Russians cut off from the army of Alexander, and enveloped by two rivers and two armies, Napoleon exclaimed, "I have them!
Trang 101 - Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation.
Trang 564 - ... and 18 degrees below the freezing point. The roads were covered with ice ; the cavalry, artillery, and baggage horses perished every night, not only by hundreds but by thousands, particularly the German and French horses. In a few days more than 30,000 horses perished ; our cavalry were on foot ; our artillery and our baggage were withoi-t conveyance.