The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France, Volume 2

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Pagina 486 - I offer myself as a sacrifice to the hatred of the enemies of France. May they prove sincere in their declarations, and have really directed them only against my power ! My political life is terminated, and I proclaim my son under the title of Napoleon II., Emperor of the French.
Pagina 27 - In your old age, surrounded and esteemed by your fellow-citizens, they will hear you with respect while you recount your high deeds. You will be able to say with pride : —
Pagina 474 - Napoleon !" replied Lafayette : " have you forgotten what we have done for him ? Have you forgotten that the bones of our children, of our brothers, everywhere attest our fidelity — in the sands of Africa, on the shores of the Guadalquivir and the Tagus, on the banks of the Vistula, and in the frozen deserts of Muscovy...
Pagina 210 - Bonaparte 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 liable to public vengeance.
Pagina 26 - Your general, called to the throne by the choice of the people and raised on your shields, is restored to you : come and join him.
Pagina 216 - I first set my foot, the love of my people has borne me into the heart of my capital. The first wish of my heart is to repay so much affection by the maintenance of an honourable peace. The restoration of the imperial throne was necessary for the happiness of the French people.
Pagina 27 - Meuse, of the Rhine, of Italy, of Egypt, of the West, of the grand army...
Pagina 223 - French people desire — the independence of France, internal peace, peace with all nations, the execution of the treaty of Paris of the 30th of May, 1814. 51. What...
Pagina 149 - Soldiers! behold the officers of the battalion which accompanied me in my misfortune ; they are all my friends; they are dear to my heart.
Pagina 210 - Europe animated by the same sentiments, and guided by the same principles, declare that if, contrary to all calculations, there should result from this event any real danger, they will be ready to give to the King of France, and to the French nation, or to any other Government that shall be attacked, as soon as they shall be called upon, all the assistance requisite to restore public tranquillity, and to make a common cause against all those who should undertake to compromise it.

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