 I could not see which, and rushed directly towards the Emperor. He was within arm's length, when the grenadier on the left and an officer jumped forwards, and, seizing him by the collar, pushed him farther back. Napoleon did not move a muscle of his body...  The Substance of Some Letters - Page 37by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1816Full view - About this book
 | John Cam Hobhouse (baron Broughton.) - 1816 - 518 pages
...petition on the end of a battle-axe, which the Emperor took and read very complacently. Shortly after an ill-looking fellow, in a half suit of regimentals,...interruption, and then gave him an answer, which senthim away apparently much satisfied with his audience. I see Napoleon at this moment. The unruffled calmness... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...Perfectly unstartled, he beckoned the soldiers to loose their prisoner; and the poor fellow epproaching so close as almost to touch his person in front, talked...without interruption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience. I see Napoleon at this moment. The unruffled... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...line, not a shade of his face shifted for an instant. Perfectly unstartled, he beckoned the soldiers to loose their prisoner ; and the poor fellow approaching...gestures, and his hand on his heart. The Emperor heard him witfTout interruption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1817 - 496 pages
...petition on the end of a battle-axe, which the Emperor took and read very complacently. Shortly after an ill-looking fellow, in a half suit of regimentals,...without interruption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience. I see Napoleon at this moment. The unruffled... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pages
...petition on the end of a battleaxe, which the Emperor took and read very complacently. Shortly afterwards an ill-looking fellow, in a half suit of regimentals,...without interruption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience. I see Napoleon at this moment. The unruffled... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Phipps - 1889 - 490 pages
...muscle of his bod/ ; not a line, not a shade of his face shifted for au instant. Perfectly nnstartled, he beckoned the soldiers to let loose their prisoner...his hand on his heart. The Emperor heard him without interrnption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience.... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 494 pages
...the left and an oflicer jumped forwards, and seizing him by the collar pushed him farther i^:irl^ . Napoleon did not move a muscle of his body ; not a...his hand on his heart. The Emperor heard him without interrnption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience.... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1891 - 500 pages
...unstartled, he beckoned the soldiers to let loose their prisoner ; and the poor fellow, approaching BO close as almost to touch his person in front, talked...his hand on his heart. The Emperor heard him without interrnption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience.... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1895 - 496 pages
...of his body ; not a line, not a shade of his face shifted for an instant. Perfectly nnstartled, lie beckoned the soldiers to let loose their prisoner...his hand on his heart. The Emperor heard him without interrnption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience.... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1895 - 538 pages
...loose their prisoner; and the poor fellow, approaching so close as almost to touch his person in fronti talked to him for some time with eager gestures and...without interruption, and then gave him an answer, which sent him away apparently much satisfied with his audience. I see Napoleon at this moment. The uuruffled... | |
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