Histoire de la Restauration, Volume 1

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Meline, Cans et Comp., 1851 - France
 

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Page 420 - Louis, by the Grace of God, King of France and Navarre : To all who shall see these present Letters, Greeting.
Page 200 - There shall be granted to prince Eugene, viceroy of Italy, a suitable establishment out of France.
Page 525 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Page 171 - The allied powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, the Emperor Napoleon, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to...
Page 31 - Russias, the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the King of...
Page 198 - Art. 1. His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon renounces for himself, his successors and descendants, as well as for all the members of his family, all right of sovereignty and dominion, as well to the French Empire, and the kingdom of Italy, as over every other country.
Page 199 - ... shall be granted, in full property and sovereignty to her Majesty the Empress Maria Louisa ; they shall pass to her son, and to the descendants in the right line.
Page 243 - His phrases concise, but struck off without ornament, recall those times when Bajazet and Charlemagne, not knowing how to write their names at the bottom of their imperial acts, dipped their hands in ink or blood, and applied them with all their articulations impressed upon the parchment.
Page 244 - ... gratitude. She cannot separate her name from his without lessening it ; for it is equally incrusted with his greatness as with his faults. She wished for renown ; and what she principally owes to him is the celebrity she has gained in the world. This celebrity, which will descend to posterity, and which is improperly called glory, constituted his means and his end. Let him, therefore, enjoy it. The noise he has made will resound through distant ages ; but let it not pervert posterity, or falsify...
Page 440 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.

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