. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. hat aslong as Napoleon was at large, peace was than involve France in such a disaster, the emperorresolved at last to give himself up to the English, and sentthe following note to the regent: Royal Highness : Exposed to the factions which divide mycountry and to the hostility of the greatest powers of Europe, I haveclosed my political career. I have come, like Themistocles to seekthe hospitality of the British nation. I place myself under the pro-tection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness as themost powerful, the most consta
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. hat aslong as Napoleon was at large, peace was than involve France in such a disaster, the emperorresolved at last to give himself up to the English, and sentthe following note to the regent: Royal Highness : Exposed to the factions which divide mycountry and to the hostility of the greatest powers of Europe, I haveclosed my political career. I have come, like Themistocles to seekthe hospitality of the British nation. I place myself under the pro-tection of their laws, which I claim from your Royal Highness as themost powerful, the most constant, and the most generous of myenemies. Napoleon. On the 15th of July he embarked on the English ship,the Bellerophon, and a week later he was in Plymouth. Napoleons surrender to the English was made, as hesays, with full confidence in their hospitality. Certainlyhospitality was the last thing to expect of England underthe circumstances, and there was something theatrical inthe demand for it. The Bellerophon was no sooner in 279.
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