Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . s, his final destination, he sailed on the llth ofAugust, 1815, and arrived on the 13th of the following October, receiving fromthe English the title of General Bonaparte, and watched by the commission-ers of the allies as a European prisoner-of-state. He was voluntarily accom-panied by General Bertrand, with his wife and child; Count
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . s, his final destination, he sailed on the llth ofAugust, 1815, and arrived on the 13th of the following October, receiving fromthe English the title of General Bonaparte, and watched by the commission-ers of the allies as a European prisoner-of-state. He was voluntarily accom-panied by General Bertrand, with his wife and child; Count Montholon, withhis wife and child ; Count Las Casas, with his son, who was obliged tg leavehim in 1817; General Gourgaud, who returned to Europe in 1818; and byseveral servants. Napoleons life at St. Helena has disarmed the hatred of many of his con-temporaries, while it has increased the respect of his adherents. He main-tained his character in the miseries of exile as in the palace of the the persons who served him at St. Helena treated him as emperor, and hereturned their fidelity with feelings of gratitude and friendship. The governorof the island, Sir Hudson Lowe watched him with unsparing rigor; but Na- NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 489 £; fti. 490 , ONAPARTE. poleon still exhibited the immovable firmness which had previously distinguishedhim. In no respect would he concede to the English the right to dispose ofhis person. When his physician, OMeara, was ordered to leave him by theEnglish governor, he remained for some months without medical aid : the pray-ers of his attendants, and the daily declining state of his health, could notinduce him to admit a physician sent by the English governor. When he wasno longer permitted to go abroad without military escort, he never left his habi-tation at Long-wood. His principal employment was the composition of hismemoirs. For recreation, he played chess, or some one read to him, chieflytragedies. In the confidential
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