 The King of Naples has left the army. Your husband is very brave on the field of battle ; but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when he is not in the presence of the enemy. He has no moral courage.  The Substance of Some Letters - Page 373by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1816Full view - About this book
 | John Cam Hobhouse (baron Broughton.) - 1816 - 518 pages
...had been marked with red chalk fdr the Emperor's inspection. We saw the letter dated Fontainbleau, January 24, 1813, addressed to the Queen of Naples,...in framing M. de Blacas' letter*, dated Nangis, the l?th of February ; and written, said Lord Castlereagh, at an epoque when Napoleon did not despair of... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1817 - 496 pages
...of which these words, occur4' ring after the first sentence — " Your husband " is very brave oil the field of battle ; but he is " weaker than a woman...moral " courage" — were made use of in framing M. de Blacas3 letter*, dated Nangis, the 17th of February : and written, said Lord Castlereagh, at an epoque... | |
 | Laure Junot (duchesse d'Abrantès.) - 1835 - 420 pages
...Napoleon had written the following letter to his sister Caroline : " The King of Naples has left the army. Your husband is very brave on the field of battle ; but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when he is not in the presence of the enemy. He has no moral courage." In February or March following, he wrote... | |
 | Laure Junot Abrantès (duchesse d') - France - 1836 - 542 pages
...Napoleon had written the following letter to his sister Caroline. " The King of Naples has left the army. Your husband is very brave on the field of battle ; but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when he is not in the presence of the enemy. He has no" moral courage." In February or March following, he... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 948 pages
...Russian reserves under * " The king, your husband, abandoned the army on the 16th. He is a very brave man on the field of battle ; but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when he does not see the enemy. Ho has no moral courage." — NAPOLEON to Ai* sister CAROLINE, Queen of Naples, January 1813. FAIN,... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 384 pages
...inconsiderable, hardly * " The king, your husband, abandoned the army on the 16th. He is a very brave man on the field of battle ; but he is weaker than a woman...does not see the enemy. He has no moral courage." — NAPOLEON to AM sitter CAROLINE, Quern of Kaplei, 24Ш January 1813 ; FAIN, i. 65. amounting to... | |
 | Dominique Jean baron Larrey - 1861 - 292 pages
...Naples, " Your husband is a very brave man on the field of battle ; but he is more weak than a woman when he does not see the enemy : he has no moral courage." Soon afterwards he wrote to Murat, " I suppose that you are not one of those who think that the lion... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - Military history, Modern - 1863 - 424 pages
...sister, he wrote, " Your husband has abandoned the army. He is a brave man on the field of battle, but is weaker than a woman or a monk when he does not see the enemy," The Viceroy, on whom the command of the army was thus reluctantly forced, did all that fidelity and... | |
 | Laure Junot (duchesse d'Abrantès.) - 1883 - 680 pages
...his sister Caroline : — " The King of Naples has left the army. Your husband is very brave on t/ie field of battle, but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when he is not in the presence of the enemy. He has no moral courage." In February or March following he wrote... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1888 - 594 pages
...pomp, ceremony, showy costumes Napoleon, treating his royal creatures as subjects, wrote to his sister, "Your husband is very brave on the field of battle, but he is weaker than a woman or a monk when out of sight of the enemy." To Murat himself in 1815. " The title of king has turned your heard ; if... | |
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