I have preserved my honor unstained ;' I live without enjoyments, but also without remorse ; and every evening I go to repose in peace. No steps would have been taken by me to disturb the calm of my conscience and the repose of my life, had not my father... Life of Napoleon III: Emperor of the French - Page 246by Edward Roth - 1856 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
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...who inflict it. I suffer, but I say to myself every day, I am in France. I have preserved my honour unstained. I live without enjoyments, but also without...the calm of my conscience and the repose of my life, bad not my father signified an earnest desire of having me near him again during his declining years.... | |
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...unstained.' " I live without enjoyments, but also without remorse; and every evening I fall asleep in peace. No steps would have been taken by me to...life, had not my father signified an earnest desire to have me near him during his last days. My duty as a son roused me from my resignation ; and I decided... | |
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...it! I suffer, but I say to myself every day, I am in France; I have preserved my honour unstained—I live without enjoyments, but also without remorse;...from a state of resignation, and I took a step, of the gravity of which 1 was fully aware, and to which I attached all that frankness and honesty which... | |
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