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... circumstances , which , in party writers , not unfre- quently give rise to the malignity , which Tacitus him- self allows is the more pernicious , as it is sometimes mistaken for a bold impartiality , and an honest liberty iv PREFACE .
... circumstances , which , in party writers , not unfre- quently give rise to the malignity , which Tacitus him- self allows is the more pernicious , as it is sometimes mistaken for a bold impartiality , and an honest liberty iv PREFACE .
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... ladies of the court . The beautiful was of the party : she manifested the utmost inquietude ; told me she had no alarm from the guards , but was uneasy at the appearance of several people in plain clothes LETTERS FROM PARIS . 15.
... ladies of the court . The beautiful was of the party : she manifested the utmost inquietude ; told me she had no alarm from the guards , but was uneasy at the appearance of several people in plain clothes LETTERS FROM PARIS . 15.
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... parties as a disreputable acquaintance . In London language , " he is cut , " and his name and crime have furnished a pun for the Parisian wits , who say of his treachery , “ il faut étre né pour ça . " Colonel Henry Labedoyere went ...
... parties as a disreputable acquaintance . In London language , " he is cut , " and his name and crime have furnished a pun for the Parisian wits , who say of his treachery , “ il faut étre né pour ça . " Colonel Henry Labedoyere went ...
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... party . Thus was Napoleon suffered to invade a kingdom in a carriage . When they found that the royal army assembled only to join the invader that the enthroned princes could hardly retreat so rapidly as the exciled usurper advanced ...
... party . Thus was Napoleon suffered to invade a kingdom in a carriage . When they found that the royal army assembled only to join the invader that the enthroned princes could hardly retreat so rapidly as the exciled usurper advanced ...
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... parties agrees to give the title of a good sort of man to Louis ; and Napoleon himself , in conversation with a friend of mine at Elba , applied to him the usual commendation " c'est un brave homme , trop bon pour les Français ...
... parties agrees to give the title of a good sort of man to Louis ; and Napoleon himself , in conversation with a friend of mine at Elba , applied to him the usual commendation " c'est un brave homme , trop bon pour les Français ...
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Common terms and phrases
abdication allies amongst appeared armées arms army assembly autres avait bataillons Blacas Bourbons c'est capital Carnot cause chamber of representatives chambre des pairs Champ citoyens command commission commission of government comte constitution contre corps Count court d'une declaration département droits Duke of Angoulême Duke of Otranto Duke of Wellington dynasty Elba Emperor enemies England English être fait favour Fouché Français France French friends garde nationale général grand guerre hommes honour imperial intérêts jour king l'armée l'Empereur l'empire l'ennemi Labédoyère letter liberty lois Lord Castlereagh Lord Wellington Louis Louis XVIII March Marshal ment ministers monarch Moniteur Mont-Saint-Jean moyens Napoleon national guard nobles nouvelle ont été Otranto paix Paris party patrie patriots peers peuple peut present prince puissances qu'elle qu'il regiments reign royal royalists sera seront seul Signé soldats soldiers sous sovereign throne tion tout traité troops Tuilleries Vive Wellington wish