Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 2C. Scribner's sons, 1891 - France |
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Page 376 - The procession passed along the middle of the nave, and arrived at the choir facing the high altar. This scene was not less imposing : the galleries round the choir were filled with the handsomest women whom the best company could produce, and most of whom rivalled in the lustre of their beauty that of the jewels with which they were covered. " His holiness went to meet the emperor at a...
Page 303 - To this address the emperor replied in the following terms: ' Every thing that can contribute to the good of the country is essentially connected with my happiness. I accept the title which you think necessary to the glory of the nation.
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Page 306 - Republic transformed into props of the Empire: Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust, and Besaieres.
Page 81 - I have heard it said that she was one of the most charming women of her time. She was tall, and her figure had all the suppleness and grace so common to women born in the East. 'Her complexion was dazzling, her eyes of the brightest blue, and her slightly retrousse nose gave her, singularly enough, a look of Talleyrand himself. Her fair golden hair was of proverbial beauty.