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Pàgina 252 - ... camp. A telegraphic despatch received that very moment by His Majesty obliged him to give another direction to his troops. The soldiers returned sadly to their quarters; some of them testified loudly, and in a very energetic manner, the disappointment caused them by this species of mystification. They had always regarded the success of the enterprise against England as a thing completely certain, and to see themselves arrested at the instant of departure was in their eyes the greatest misfortune...
Pàgina 422 - ... when, immediately perceiving his danger, he threw himself face downward on the ground, which was a very wise precaution; for hardly had his majesty placed himself in that position, than other balls passed over his head, the discharge of the first sentinel having been repeated by the whole line. The first fire over, the emperor rose, walked towards the nearest post and made himself known. His majesty was still there when the soldier who had fired on him joined them, being just relieved at his...
Pàgina 369 - ... Duquesnoy, mayor of the tenth arrondissement, requesting him to come to his residence about eight o'clock in the evening and bring the marriage register. Between five and six o'clock M. Duquesnoy received from the chateau of the Tuileries an order not to take the register out of the municipality and, above all, not to celebrate any marriage whatever, unless, in accordance with the law, the names of the parties thereto had been published for eight days. At the hour indicated Duquesnoy arrived...
Pàgina 252 - ... themselves arrested at the instant of departure was in their eyes the greatest misfortune that could happen. When all was in order, the Emperor repaired to the right camp, and there he made a proclamation in presence of the troops which was carried to the other camps, and posted everywhere. This was about the tenor of it: " Brave soldiers of the camp of Boulogne! " You will not go to England. English gold has seduced the Emperor of Austria, who has just declared war on France. His army has broken...
Pàgina 365 - ... good woman's apron. At the sight of such a great quantity of gold, the latter turned pale, tottered, and I saw that she was ready to faint. " Ah ! it is too much, sir, it is really too much. And yet you would not make fun of a poor woman ? " The Emperor reassured her by saying that it was all right, and that with this money she could buy a little field, a flock of goats, and bring her children up well. His Majesty did not make himself known; he liked to maintain his incognito when bestowing benefits....
Pàgina 373 - ... shown any signs of relaxed ardor, he saw these sprays on her toilet table, and taking them in his hands : " Really, my dear," said he, " you are wronging me. Why do you not show me more confidence ? I have a grudge against you for wearing old-fashioned jewels like these." " What do you mean ? It is not six months since you gave them to me.
Pàgina 364 - ... Emperor and Empress went one day to breakfast in a little island of the Olona, in the environs of Milan. In walking about, the Emperor met a poor woman whose thatched hut was quite near the place where the table of Their Majesties had been laid, and he asked her a number of questions. " Sir," she replied (not knowing the Emperor^, " I am very poor and the mother of three children whom I have great difficulty in bringing up, because my husband, who is a day-laborer, does not always have work."...
Pàgina 388 - Everything is going well, gentlemen; this is a new step taken against our enemies ; but where is Vandamme ? Why is he not here? Can he be dead?" No one said a word. "Answer me, gentlemen, what has become of Vandamme?" General Chardon of the vanguard, who was much liked by the Emperor, replied: "I think, Sire, that General Vandamme is still asleep; we drank a dozen bottles of Rhine wine together last evening, and doubtless ..." " Sir, he did well to drink, but he is wrong...
Pàgina 287 - ... He changed them every morning. They were washed only three or four times. Two hours after leaving his chamber, it often happened that his breeches were all spotted with ink, thanks to his habit of wiping his pen on them and shaking ink all around him by striking his pen against the table. However, as he dressed in the morning for the whole day, he did not change his toilet on that account, but remained in this state until night. I have already said that he wore none but white silk stockings....
Pàgina 421 - ... Paris at the end of September. It is not my intention to enter into the details of this marvellous campaign, in which the Emperor, in a few days, was seen to crush an army of one hundred and fifty thousand men, perfectly disciplined, full of enthusiasm and courage, and with their country to defend. In one of the first battles the young Prince Louis of Prussia, brother of the King, was killed at the head of his troops by Guinde, quartermaster of the 10th hussars. The Prince was fighting hand to...