The French revolution and first empire : an historical sketch . ms of discontent were apparent in Italy ; and thetale of Continental troubles was increased by a violentquarrel between Napoleon and the Pope. Nor wasFrance free from anxious symptoms ; Bordeaux, Mar-seilles, and the seaport towns were full of sounds of an-ger and distress ; the steady consumption of war inSpain had made the conscription extremely unpopular ;taxation and bankruptcies had enormously increased ;and notwithstanding a watched Press, and mute or ob-sequious Bodies of State, unquiet murmurs began to beheard and even to
The French revolution and first empire : an historical sketch . ms of discontent were apparent in Italy ; and thetale of Continental troubles was increased by a violentquarrel between Napoleon and the Pope. Nor wasFrance free from anxious symptoms ; Bordeaux, Mar-seilles, and the seaport towns were full of sounds of an-ger and distress ; the steady consumption of war inSpain had made the conscription extremely unpopular ;taxation and bankruptcies had enormously increased ;and notwithstanding a watched Press, and mute or ob-sequious Bodies of State, unquiet murmurs began to beheard and even to threaten a distant tempest. The realstrength of the imperial armies had also become moreMurmurs in ^^^ more weakened; the soldiers of WagramFrance. were Very inferior to those who had marched from the camp at Boulogne; and the addition of feebleboys to the ranks, and of auxiliaries listless if not false,had gone on with accelerated speed. Every sign, in aword, of coming danger, which could have been notedin 1807, had grown more visible in 1811 ; and the birth.
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