Louis-Napoléon and Mademoiselle de Montijo

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Scribner's sons, 1897 - France - 512 pages
 

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Page 366 - Vote, then, freely as citizens; but, as soldiers, do not forget that passive obedience to the orders of the chief of the Government is the rigorous duty of the army, from the general down to the soldier. It is for me, who am responsible for my actions before the people and posterity, to adopt the measures most conducive to the public welfare.
Page 342 - the French Republic did not send an army to Rome to stifle Italian liberty there, but on the contrary to regulate it by preserving it against its own excesses, and to give it a solid...
Page 127 - Mais la nature est là qui t'invite et qui t'aime; Plonge-toi dans son sein qu'elle t'ouvre toujours : Quand tout change pour toi, la nature est la même, Et le même soleil se lève sur tes jours.
Page 238 - ... Legion of Honor, made his entry into the hall, followed by his counsel, M. Berryer, the celebrated legitimist leader. After the indictment had been read, the Prince, having asked permission to speak, read a somewhat lengthy declaration, which opened thus : " For the first time in my life, I am at last permitted to raise my voice in France and to speak freely to Frenchmen.
Page 511 - JOSEPHINE. CITIZENESS BONAPARTE. THE WIFE OF THE FIRST CONSUL. THE COURT OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. FOUR VOLUMES ON THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE. THE HAPPY DAYS OF MARIE LOUISE. MARIE LOUISE AND THE DECADENCE OF THE EMPIRE. MARIE LOUISE AND THE INVASION OF 1814. MARIE LOUISE, THE RETURN FROM ELBA, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS TWO VOLUMES ON THE DUCHESS OF ANBOUllME.
Page 166 - I am more sad than usual: all memories, joyous or painful, weigh with the same heaviness on my breast; fine weather dilates the heart and renders it more impressionable, while bad weather contracts it; the passions alone are above the inclemencies of the seasons." Louis Napoleon, almost always melancholy, was never discouraged. The ardor of his political faith reanimated and sustained him. He was not merely a dreamer, but a fanatic. His idolatry for the memory of the man of Austerlitz kept his soul...
Page 365 - I have received from you. But if you believe that the cause of which my name is the symbol — that is to say, France regenerated by the Revolution of '89, and organized by the Emperor — is still your own, proclaim it by consecrating the powers which I ask from you.
Page 185 - ... you come to join me as late as possible. In leaving this world, I have but one regret: it is to leave you and your affectionate tenderness, — the greatest charm of my existence here. It will be a consolation to you, my dear child, to reflect that by your attentions you have rendered your mother as happy as it was possible for her, in her circumstances, to be. Think that a loving and a watchful eye still rests on the dear ones we leave behind, and that we shall surely meet again.
Page 440 - ... 89. It satisfies their just pride because, lifting up freely and with reflection what all Europe overthrew by force of arms thirty-seven years ago, amidst the disorders of the country, the people nobly avenge themselves for their reverses without making victims, without menacing any inde441 pendence, without disturbing the peace of the world. Nevertheless, I do not shut my eyes to all that is to be dreaded in accepting and placing on my head at this time the crown of Napoleon, but my apprehensions...
Page 510 - Each with Portraits, $1.25. Price per set, in box, cloth, $5.00; half calf, $10.00. WOMEN OF THE VALOIS COURT. THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV. THE COURT OF LOUIS XV. THE LAST YEARS OF LOUIS XV.

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