Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of Mde Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c&c&c . f France by the allies;heads his army; his vigorous exertions and numerous battles ; his stratagem tosave the capital; his negotiations for peace broken off; capitulation of Paris ; ab-dicates ; departs for Elba, 498—530 Chapter the government of Elba; his conduct there; discontents in France ; re-turns from Elba; reaches Paris in triumph, 534 — 551 Chapter XXX. Government of the hundred days; Champ de Mai; opens the French parliament; quits Paris to join his army ; his plan of the ca
Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of Mde Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c&c&c . f France by the allies;heads his army; his vigorous exertions and numerous battles ; his stratagem tosave the capital; his negotiations for peace broken off; capitulation of Paris ; ab-dicates ; departs for Elba, 498—530 Chapter the government of Elba; his conduct there; discontents in France ; re-turns from Elba; reaches Paris in triumph, 534 — 551 Chapter XXX. Government of the hundred days; Champ de Mai; opens the French parliament; quits Paris to join his army ; his plan of the campaign ; passes the Sambre ; battle of Ligny ; contest at QuatreBras; the Anglo-Belgic army retreats ; battle of Waterloo; he abdicates a second time ; retires to Malmaison ; addresses the army; restoration of Louis XV11I., 552—586 Chapter Rochefort; takes refuge on board an English man-of-war; not allowedto land in England ; is exiled to the island of Saint Helena, where he dies andis buried; France sends for his remains; his grand funeral ceremony ; conclu-sion, 5S7—h2Q. .:- NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER, Nature might stand up,And say to all the world, this was a man 1 His desert speaks loud, and I should wrong it,To lock it in the wards of covert bosom,When it deserves with characters of brassA forted residence, gainst the tooth of time,And razure of oblivion.—Shakspeare. It will hardly be controverted, that the outlines of the future man areformed in the nursery; if the superintending female be intellectual, theinfant will, generally speaking, rise above the common level. The firstlessons imbibed by a child are frequently the foundation of his conductthrough life ; they commonly supply the germ which is cither to ripen intca useful harvest, or to choke the ground with noxious and debilitatingds. There is something so sweet, so soothing, so irresistible in themonitions of a mother, that they make impressions which are indelible,which grow wi
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