Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 113Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1926 - American literature |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 93
Page 134
... Napoleon will head more families than this in the via Malerbe . Who knows , Fesch , but he may give you a cardinal's hat ! " Letizia smiled . It was not so difficult to think of her son as hand- ing out a cardinal's hat as it was to ...
... Napoleon will head more families than this in the via Malerbe . Who knows , Fesch , but he may give you a cardinal's hat ! " Letizia smiled . It was not so difficult to think of her son as hand- ing out a cardinal's hat as it was to ...
Page 136
... Napoleon will be any saint , and I'm a very worldly and unworthy woman - but both were born after a journey , without pomp , and neither in a bed ; one was laid in the manger , the other on a carpet . How do I make that out ? Well , I ...
... Napoleon will be any saint , and I'm a very worldly and unworthy woman - but both were born after a journey , without pomp , and neither in a bed ; one was laid in the manger , the other on a carpet . How do I make that out ? Well , I ...
Page 137
... Napoleon's disposition is uneasy , with what went before . It's mercy I didn't bear him in the saddle- skirts , not on that strip of red carpet there . But come , my brother , why are you so worried about the boy ? What do people say ...
... Napoleon's disposition is uneasy , with what went before . It's mercy I didn't bear him in the saddle- skirts , not on that strip of red carpet there . But come , my brother , why are you so worried about the boy ? What do people say ...
Page 138
... Napoleon they were discuss- ing , when the weather was too hot for the coop in the attic , " to get away , " as he said , " from all the noise . " Studying , studying always - that rude little structure was significant , she thought ...
... Napoleon they were discuss- ing , when the weather was too hot for the coop in the attic , " to get away , " as he said , " from all the noise . " Studying , studying always - that rude little structure was significant , she thought ...
Page 139
... Napoleon and hurt him . He had blood on his forehead ! " Here the oldest of the visitors , a Signora Sallicetti , volubly broke in : " It is true , Signora Bonaparte ; two stones actually fell in our car- riage . I myself was almost ...
... Napoleon and hurt him . He had blood on his forehead ! " Here the oldest of the visitors , a Signora Sallicetti , volubly broke in : " It is true , Signora Bonaparte ; two stones actually fell in our car- riage . I myself was almost ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ajaccio Alan Seeger Albuquerque Ameri American Angora army asked beautiful called CARL VAN DOREN child church Corsica course daugh Davy door dress Eugénie eyes face fact father feel France French girl gone hand head heart human interest Jefferson Davis knew labor land Letizia light Lincoln live Lloyd George looked Marie-Louise marriage McClellan ment Mexican Mexico mind Miss Eva monsieur moral Morgan Shuster morning mother moved Napoleon ness never night Nordic once Paris party perhaps person play political R. H. MOTTRAM Seeger seemed sense side Silla Simmons smile stood story Street talk telepathy tell thing thought thousand Tichel tion to-day told took Toulon town turned Ventrillon voice woman women words Yarberry young