My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de GyffordJ. Murray, 1948 - 369 pages |
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Page 45
... French lines in the distance . On arriving at Vienna , Hobhouse found Byron's fame already established , despite the Continental System and the British blockade , and he was begged to provide copies of Childe Harold for the poet's ...
... French lines in the distance . On arriving at Vienna , Hobhouse found Byron's fame already established , despite the Continental System and the British blockade , and he was begged to provide copies of Childe Harold for the poet's ...
Page 87
... French army at Mont St. Jean . But we travelled all that night and the next day , and the following night , before we saw the paper of the 23rd , at Sens , which indeed contained the abdication of Napoleon , in a declaration to the French ...
... French army at Mont St. Jean . But we travelled all that night and the next day , and the following night , before we saw the paper of the 23rd , at Sens , which indeed contained the abdication of Napoleon , in a declaration to the French ...
Page 237
... French Ambassador , Talleyrand , was there with his niece ; a wonderful - looking man , apparently only half alive . He was a good deal engrossed by talking and listening to Rothschild - in his way , almost as extraordinary a personage ...
... French Ambassador , Talleyrand , was there with his niece ; a wonderful - looking man , apparently only half alive . He was a good deal engrossed by talking and listening to Rothschild - in his way , almost as extraordinary a personage ...
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