 ... with an air of sedate impatience. As the front columns of each regiment passed him, he lifted the first finger of his left hand quickly to his hat, to return the salute, but did not move either his hat or his head. As the regiments advanced, they...  The Substance of Some Letters - Page 36by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1816Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...or his head. As the regiments advanced, they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, ' woe I'Empereur,' and many soldiers ran out of their ranks with petitions,...losing his opportunity, when Napoleon beckoned to the grtnadier to step forward and take his paper. A little child, in true French taste, tricked out in... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...or his head. As the regiments advanced, they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, • vive fEmpereur,' and many soldiers ran out of their ranks with petitions,...or twice, the petitioner, afraid to quit his rank, wag near losing his opportunity, when Napoleon beckoned to the grenadier to step forward and take his... | |
 | 1816 - 572 pages
...or his head. As the regiments advanced, they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, " Vive FEmpereur .'" and many soldiers ran out of their ranks with petitions, which were taken by a grenadier on the Emperor's left hand.' — ' The reception given to Napoleon on this dreaded day... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Phipps - 1889 - 490 pages
...or his head. As the regiments advanced they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, " Vive 1'Empereur 1 " and many soldiers ran out of their ranks with petitions,...: once or twice the petitioner, afraid to quit his raiik, was near losing his opportunity, when Napoleon beckoned to the grenadier to step forward and... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1895 - 496 pages
...or his head. As the regiments advanced they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, " Vive 1'Empereur I " and many soldiers ran out of their ranks with petitions,...to step forward and take his paper. A little child, ill true French taste, tricked out in regimentals, inarched before one of the bands, and a general... | |
 | John Cam Hobhouse Broughton (1st baron) - Europe - 1910 - 380 pages
...impatience. As the regiments came by they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, " Vive VEmpereur" and many ran out of their ranks with petitions, which were taken by the grenadier on the left. Once or twice the petitioner was nearly losing his opportunity, when Napoleon pointed to the... | |
 | Lord Broughton - 1910 - 406 pages
...impatience. As the regiments came by they shouted, some loudly, some feebly, <( Vive VEmpereur," and many ran out of their ranks with petitions, which were taken by the grenadier on the left. Once or twice the petitioner was nearly losing his opportunity, when Napoleon pointed to the... | |
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