The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Band 15R. Cadell, 1836 |
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Seite 187 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the only obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he renounces for himself and his heirs, the thrones of France and Italy, and that there is no personal sacrifice, even that of life, •which he is not ready to make for the interests of France.
Seite 9 - ... wherefore should not the whole truth bi; told ? Wellington has entered the south ; the Russians menace the northern frontier ; the Prussians, Austrians, and Bavarians threaten the east. Shame ! — Wellington is in France, and we have not risen in mass to drive him back. All my allies have deserted me ; the Bavarians have betrayed me — They threw themselves on my rear to cut off my retreat — But they have been slaughtered for their pains. No peace — none till we have burned Munich.
Seite 14 - I not sacrifice my self-love, and my feelings of superiority, to obtain peace ? Think you I speak proudly ? If I do, I am proud because I have courage, and because France owes her grandeur to me. Yes — your address is unworthy of the Legislative Body, and of me. Begone to your homes. I will cause your address to be published in the Moniteur, with such notes as I shall furnish. Even if I had done wrong, you ought not to have reproached me with it thus publicly. People do not wash their dirty linen...
Seite 350 - Buonaparte destroys the only legal title on which his existence depended : by appearing again in France with projects of confusion and disorder, he has deprived himself of the protection of the law, and has manifested to the universe, that there can be neither peace nor truce with him. The powers consequently declare, that Napoleon Buonaparte has placed himself without the pale of civil and social relations, and that as an enemy and disturber of the tranquillity of the world, he has rendered himself...
Seite 290 - You taught me language; and my profit on't Is, I know how to curse : The red plague rid you, For learning me your language ! Pro.
Seite 156 - St. Martin, and entered the barrier of Paris about eleven o'clock, the Cossacks of the Guard forming the advance of the March. Already was the crowd so enormous, as well as the acclamations so great, that it was difficult to move forward ; but, before the monarchs reached the Porte St.
Seite 350 - Buonaparte has destroyed the only legal title on which his existence depended : by appearing again in France, with projects of confusion and disorder, he has deprived himself of the protection of the Jaw, and has manifested to the universe that there can be neither peace nor truce with him.
Seite 10 - answered Napoleon, fiercely. " Abandon Holland ? sooner yield it back to the sea. Counsellors, there must be an impulse given — all must march — You are fathers of families, the heads of the nation ; it is for you to set the example. They speak of peace ; I hear of nothing but peace, when all around should echo to the cry of war.
Seite 381 - The word additional disenchanted the friends of liberty. They recognised in it the ill-disguised continuation of the chief institutions created in favour of absolute power. From that moment Napoleon to their view became an incurable despot, and I, for my part, regarded him in the light of a madman delivered, bound hand and foot, to the mercy of Europe.
Seite 350 - May, 1814, and the dispositions sanctioned by that treaty, and those which they have resolved on, or shall hereafter resolve on, to complete and to consolidate it, they will employ all their means, and...