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Page 60
... Buonaparte de- stroyed in the coup - d'état of the 18th Brumaire was capable of standing on its own legs , and repre- sented a stable Government , forget- ting that up to that date there had been a perpetual see - saw of parties since ...
... Buonaparte de- stroyed in the coup - d'état of the 18th Brumaire was capable of standing on its own legs , and repre- sented a stable Government , forget- ting that up to that date there had been a perpetual see - saw of parties since ...
Page 61
... Buonaparte was the very best man who could have been found to supersede the Direc- tory , and agree with him that the means he took to possess himself of the Dictatorship were utterly unjustifiable . With the circum- stances of the 18th ...
... Buonaparte was the very best man who could have been found to supersede the Direc- tory , and agree with him that the means he took to possess himself of the Dictatorship were utterly unjustifiable . With the circum- stances of the 18th ...
Page 62
... Buonaparte's most formidable competitor . This clear- ly - pronounced partisanship stung Buonaparte to the quick . To let things take their course was certain defeat , to resist was decidedly dan- gerous . After many close confer- ences ...
... Buonaparte's most formidable competitor . This clear- ly - pronounced partisanship stung Buonaparte to the quick . To let things take their course was certain defeat , to resist was decidedly dan- gerous . After many close confer- ences ...
Page 63
... Buonaparte appears to have conve- niently suppressed in his Memoirs , the latter was joined to him as his lieutenant . The result of Buona- parte's deliberation had been , that the chances of success were chiefly on the side of the ...
... Buonaparte appears to have conve- niently suppressed in his Memoirs , the latter was joined to him as his lieutenant . The result of Buona- parte's deliberation had been , that the chances of success were chiefly on the side of the ...
Page 64
... Buonaparte as yet only knew by name , though she was the intimate friend of Barras . M. Lanfrey says , " The silence kept by Buonaparte on the subject of this liaison and of the part which Barras had in the de- terminations of Madame de ...
... Buonaparte as yet only knew by name , though she was the intimate friend of Barras . M. Lanfrey says , " The silence kept by Buonaparte on the subject of this liaison and of the part which Barras had in the de- terminations of Madame de ...
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