 | English literature - 1825 - 808 pages
...conceiving that the First Consul would finish the affair in a magnanimous manner. But a coup fetal appeared indispensable to impress Europe with terror,...they have been repeated, and attributed to others. Bad as he wag, Fouche' was at least a calculating villain. He had no notion of committing a crime,... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 666 pages
...First Consul would finish the affair in a magnanimous manner. But a coup d'etat appeared indispensible to impress Europe with terror, and eradicate all the...they have been repeated and attributed to others." Vol. I. p. 263. Buonaparte was now Emperor ; the Imperial power was hereditary in his family, but having... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 878 pages
...the rights of nations and humanity. " It is more than a crime," I said ; " it is a political fault j" words which I record because they have been repeated, and attributed to others. Bad as he was, Fouché was at least я calculating villain. He Lad no notion of committing a crime,... | |
 | United States - 1826 - 494 pages
...had departed in the morning to go to the prince at Yincennes, expecting to conduct him to Malmakon, and conceiving that the first consul would finish...they have been repeated and attributed to others. We may observe, in conclusion, that the character of Fouche is not likely to gain much by the establishment... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 490 pages
...most sanguinary manner. I was not the person who hesitated to express himself with the least restraiat respecting this violence against the rights of nations...they have been repeated and attributed to others. We may observe, in conclusion, that the character of Fouche is not likely to gain much by the establishment... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1847 - 448 pages
...rights of nations and humanity. ' It is more than a crime,' I said, ' it is a political blunder ;' words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others."—FOUCHE, tip 266.] 332 LIFE OF NAPOLEON. [1804. to stamp his character as bloody and unforgiving;... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1915 - 558 pages
...express himself with the least restraint, respecting this violence against the rights of nations ana humanity. 'It is more than a crime,' I said. 'it is...have been repeated and attributed •to others." The word " political " is an interpolation. In the original ' Mémoires de Joseph Fouché,' Paris, 1824,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...the rights of nations and of humanity. * It is more than a crime, it is a political fault.' I said words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others." JW Walsall. In matters of rumour different people hear different things. I never heard the words "... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...ii. ad Jin. (note.) JOSEPH FOUCHE. 1763-1820. It is more than a crime, it is a political fault ; f words which I record because they have been repeated and attributed to others. Memoirs of Fouche. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. 1765-1832. The commons, faithful to their system, remained... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1868 - 828 pages
...tyrants.1 Speech in the Comiintion Nationale. 1792. JOSEPH FOUCHE. 1763-1820. It is more than a crime, it is a political fault ;* words which I record because...they have been repeated and attributed to others. Memoirs of Fouchf. THOMAS MORTON. 1764-1838. What will Mrs. Grundy say ? Speed the Plough. Act i. Sf.... | |
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But a coup d'etat appeared indispensable to impress Europe with terror, and eradicate all the germs of conspiracy against his person. Indignation, which I had foreseen, broke out in the most sanguinary manner. I was not the person who hesitated to express... 
