The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Volume 1Illustrated London library, 1852 |
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Adige afterwards Ajaccio Alvinzi Arcola arms army of Italy arrived artillery Assembly attack Augereau Austrian Auxonne battalions battle battle of Rivoli blood bridge Buonaparte camp cause cavalry character circumstances column command Committee Convention Corsica corvées court cruelty danger decree defend division Duke Dumouriez effect Emigrants enemy enemy's English entered favour Fayette fell fire force France French army French Revolution garrison General-in-Chief Genoa head head-quarters insurrection Jacobins King lake of Garda Legnago liberty Louis XVI Mantua Massena ment Milan mind minister Napoleon National Guards night object occasion opinion Paoli Paris party passed passions patriots persons pieces of cannon popular Prince principle prisoners regiment Republic retreat Revolution Rhine Rivoli Robespierre sent side siege siege of Toulon soldiers spirit taken thing tion took Toulon town triumph troops Tuileries turned Vaubois Verona victory whole Wurmser
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Page 268 - The noble heart that harbours virtuous thought, And is with child of glorious great intent, Can never rest until it forth have brought Th' eternal brood of glory excellent.
Page 133 - We swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the King, and to maintain the Constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by him.
Page 17 - We were the most innocent creatures imaginable," the Emperor used to say ; " we contrived little meetings together. I well remember one which took place on a Midsummer morning, just as daylight began to dawn : it will scarcely be believed that all our happiness consisted in eating cherries together.
Page 297 - It is my design to lead you into the most fertile plains in the world. Rich provinces and great cities will be in your power; there you will find honour, glory, and wealth. Soldiers of Italy! will you be wanting in courage or perseverance ?" This speech from a young general of sixand-twenty, already distinguished by well-earned success, was received with eager acclamations.
Page 192 - The poor beetle, which we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies.
Page 371 - Alvinzi in the last three days had lost 18,000 men, of whom 6000 were prisoners. The French army re-entered Verona in triumph by the Venice gate, three days after having quitted that city almost clandestinely by the Milan gate. It would be difficult to describe the astonishment and enthusiasm of the inhabitants.
Page 224 - ... of patriotic songs. There was a fear, as in the time of a plague; a fierceness as before and after a deadly strife. It was a civil war raging in the heart of a great city as in a field of battle, and turning it into a charnel-house. The eye was sleepless, the brain heated. Sights of horror grew familiar to the mind, which had no other choice than that of being either the victim or the executioner. What at first was stern necessity or public duty, became a habit and a sport; and the arm, inured...
Page 126 - ... itself, that the people may not find an interest in public confusions. They will always suffer much and long, before they are effectually roused ; nothing, therefore, can kindle the flame, but such oppressions of some classes or order in the society, as give able men the opportunity...
Page 297 - Soldiers, you are naked and ill-fed! Government owes you much and can give you nothing. The patience and courage you have shown in the midst of these rocks are admirable, but they gain you no renown; no glory results to you from your endurance. It is my design to lead you into the most fertile plains in the world.
Page 292 - You cannot possibly go, the journey is too long and will be too fatiguing for you.' — ' Not at all,' Josephine would reply. ' Besides, I must set out instantly.' — 'Well, I am quite ready.' — ' But you must take a great deal of luggage.