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... Les puissances declarent en conséquence que Napoléon Bonaparte s'est placé hors des relations civiles et sociales , et que , comme ennemi et perturbateur du repos du monde , il s'est livré à la vindicte publique .
... Les puissances declarent en conséquence que Napoléon Bonaparte s'est placé hors des relations civiles et sociales , et que , comme ennemi et perturbateur du repos du monde , il s'est livré à la vindicte publique .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The British Quarterly Review, Volume 15 |
| Editor | Henry Allon |
| Contributor | Robert Vaughan |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton, 1852 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 21 Nov 2007 |
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