The Century: A Popular QuarterlyCentury Company, 1896 |
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Page 538
... officer started as he recognized the Em- peror , but the conquered sovereign took no notice . Bystanders thought his heart was turned to stone . Still the rush of retreat went on , successfully also , in spite of some confusion , until ...
... officer started as he recognized the Em- peror , but the conquered sovereign took no notice . Bystanders thought his heart was turned to stone . Still the rush of retreat went on , successfully also , in spite of some confusion , until ...
Page 545
... officers had never been thoroughly loyal to the Em- pire , many of them being royalists , and some radical republicans . Their disaffection had been heightened by recent events , but they were nevertheless summoned to the Tuileries ...
... officers had never been thoroughly loyal to the Em- pire , many of them being royalists , and some radical republicans . Their disaffection had been heightened by recent events , but they were nevertheless summoned to the Tuileries ...
Page 546
... officers started for- ward in a mass , and shook the very walls with their cry , « Long live the Emperor ! » Many shed tears as they withdrew in respectful silence , and that night , on the eve of his departure , the Emperor received a ...
... officers started for- ward in a mass , and shook the very walls with their cry , « Long live the Emperor ! » Many shed tears as they withdrew in respectful silence , and that night , on the eve of his departure , the Emperor received a ...
Page 559
... officers of state and army , imitating their master's ambitions , had acquired his weaknesses , but had failed in securing either his strength or adroitness . With him they had lost that fire of youth , which had car- ried them and him ...
... officers of state and army , imitating their master's ambitions , had acquired his weaknesses , but had failed in securing either his strength or adroitness . With him they had lost that fire of youth , which had car- ried them and him ...
Page 561
... officers in the empire , in which they canvassed their respective systems of education ; and he reports that his Chinese friend had never heard of Homer , Virgil , or Shakspere ; knew something of Alexander hav- ing crossed the Indus ...
... officers in the empire , in which they canvassed their respective systems of education ; and he reports that his Chinese friend had never heard of Homer , Virgil , or Shakspere ; knew something of Alexander hav- ing crossed the Indus ...
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