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" ... rocks without compass or pilot. The crisis in which we are involved is arduous. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which pressed on all sides by the Barbarians, rendered itself the scoff of posterity by entering into abstract discussions... "
The Substance of Some Letters Written from Paris During the Last Reign of ... - Page 37
by John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - 1817
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The Substance of Some Letters, Volume 1

John Cam Hobhouse Baron Broughton - France - 1816 - 518 pages
...declares that the will of a victorious prince will be impotent in any endeavour to draw the nation beyond the limits necessary for its defence, declares that...worthy of himself and of his cause. " On all occasions my march *' will be always upright and unshaken. Help " me to save your country. As the first repre*'...
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The substance of some letters written by an Englishman [J.C ..., Volume 1

John Cam Hobhouse (baron Broughton.) - 1816 - 518 pages
...declares that the will of a victorious prince will be impotent in any endeavour to draw the nation beyond the limits necessary for its defence, declares that...worthy of himself and of his cause. " On all occasions my march " will be always upright and unshaken. Help " me to save your country. As the first regiete...
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Historical Memoirs: 1815, Book 9

Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) - 1820 - 330 pages
...midst of breakers, without compass or chart. The crisis in which we find ourselves is awful. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, was rendered the laughing stock of posterity,, by being engaged in abstract discussions at the moment...
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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 4

William Henry Ireland - France - 1828 - 576 pages
...midst of shoals, without compass or chart. The crisis in which we are engaged is violent. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by barbarians, became the laughing-stock of posterity, by engaging in abstract discussions, at the moment...
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The History of Napoleon, Volume 2

Richard H. Horne - France - 1841 - 668 pages
...midst of rocks, without compass or pilot. The crisis in which we are involved, is arduous. Let us not imitate the example of the lower empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, rendered itself the scoff of posterity by eritering into abstract discussions when the battering-ram...
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The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Volume 3

William Hazlitt - France - 1847 - 492 pages
...midst of rocks without compass or pilot. The crisis in which we are involved is arduous. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which pressed on all sides by the Barbarians, rendered itself the scoff of posterity by entering into abstract discussions at the very moment when...
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Waterloo, the downfall of the first Napoleon

George Hooper - 1862 - 390 pages
...misfortune for the State ; and, enforcing his view by stronger language, he said : — " Don't let us imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, made itself the laughing-stock of posterity by indulging in abstract discussions at the moment when...
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, ed. by R.W. Phipps, Volume 3

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pages
...midst of rocks without compass or pilot. The crisis in which we are involved is arduous. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, rendered itself a scoff to posterity by entering into abstract discussions at the very moment when...
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Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 4

Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1891 - 500 pages
...midst of rocks without compass or pilot. The crisis in which we are involved is arduous. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, rendered itself a scoff to posterity by entering into abstract discussions at the very moment when...
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Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days

Imbert de Saint-Amand - 1891 - 312 pages
...of reefs without a compass and without a pilot. The crisis in which we are is very great. Let us not imitate the example of the Lower Empire, which, pressed on all sides by the barbarians, made itself a laughing stock to posterity by wrangling over abstract questions at the very moment when...
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