Historical Papers Upon Men and Events of Rare Interest in the Napoleonic Epoch, Volume 2Saalfield Publishing Company, 1914 |
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... army during the passage of the Alps in 1800 by the First Consul , who retained a deeply grateful recol- lection of the food and wine they had served to every man as his hungry soldiers passed their convent at the summit amid srow and ...
... army during the passage of the Alps in 1800 by the First Consul , who retained a deeply grateful recol- lection of the food and wine they had served to every man as his hungry soldiers passed their convent at the summit amid srow and ...
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... army since the death of Benezete . You received one of the hundred sabres I distributed to the army , and all agreed you most deserved it . I wish very much again to see you . The War Min- ister sends you an order to come to Paris ...
... army since the death of Benezete . You received one of the hundred sabres I distributed to the army , and all agreed you most deserved it . I wish very much again to see you . The War Min- ister sends you an order to come to Paris ...
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... army on which that duty is more particularly imposed . Would it then be astonishing if in the army there should be a corps d'élite , from which would be expected more devotion to its duties , and more disposition to the grand sacrifice ...
... army on which that duty is more particularly imposed . Would it then be astonishing if in the army there should be a corps d'élite , from which would be expected more devotion to its duties , and more disposition to the grand sacrifice ...
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... army in its encampments along the shores of the English Channel , for that great enterprise . In the summer of 1805 , the army being in complete readiness to embark on its transports , he ordered Admiral Villeneuve's great fleet of ...
... army in its encampments along the shores of the English Channel , for that great enterprise . In the summer of 1805 , the army being in complete readiness to embark on its transports , he ordered Admiral Villeneuve's great fleet of ...
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... army on which that duty is more particularly imposed . Would it then be astonishing if in the army there should be a corps d'élite , from which would be expected more devotion to its duties , and more disposition to the grand sacrifice ...
... army on which that duty is more particularly imposed . Would it then be astonishing if in the army there should be a corps d'élite , from which would be expected more devotion to its duties , and more disposition to the grand sacrifice ...
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Page 262 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparations for our defense.
Page 263 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Page 251 - ... remain united by the bonds of a true and indissoluble fraternity, and considering each other as fellow countrymen, they will, on all occasions and in all places, lend each other aid and assistance; and, regarding themselves towards their subjects and armies as fathers of families, they will lead them, in the same spirit of fraternity with which they are animated, to protect Religion, Peace, and Justice.
Page 151 - And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Page 259 - ... 3. We are, however, by no means disposed to throw any impediment in the way of an arrangement between them and the mother country by amicable negotiation. 4. We aim not at the possession of any portion of them ourselves. 5. We could not see any portion of them transferred to any other Power with indifference.
Page 252 - If France occupied Spain, was it necessary, in order to avoid the consequences of that occupation — that we should blockade Cadiz ? No. I looked another way — I sought materials of compensation in another hemisphere. Contemplating Spain, such as our ancestors had known her, I resolved that if France had Spain, it should not be Spain " with the Indies" I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.
Page 263 - European nation should be respected ; but it is due alike to our safety and our interests, that the efficient protection of our laws should be extended over our whole territorial limits, and that it should be distinctly announced to the world as our settled policy, that no future European colony or dominion shall, with our consent, be planted or established on any part of the North American continent.
Page 259 - Colonies? And if we can arrive at such an understanding, would it not be expedient for ourselves, and beneficial for all the world, that the principles of it should be clearly settled and plainly avowed ? For ourselves we have no disguise.
Page 146 - However, Parmenio alone went up to him and asked him how it came to pass that, when all others adored him, he should adore the high priest of the Jews?
Page 261 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second, never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cisAtlantic affairs.