. The days of the Directoire . ? I V Gerard, pinxt MAI) AMI. REI \MIKK/ rom an engraving in the collection of A. M. BroadL v. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 105 which they had publicly announced to all Europe bydecreeing him the title of General-in-Chief of theArmy of Europe. Preparations for the expedition werebeing noisily pushed on in all the seaports of theRepublic, but this was done with more of ostentationperhaps than of real But the conqueror of Italy was too far-seeing, toocareful of his own fame, to look favourably on any suchwild-cat scheme. Moreover, he had another project ofhis own,
. The days of the Directoire . ? I V Gerard, pinxt MAI) AMI. REI \MIKK/ rom an engraving in the collection of A. M. BroadL v. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 105 which they had publicly announced to all Europe bydecreeing him the title of General-in-Chief of theArmy of Europe. Preparations for the expedition werebeing noisily pushed on in all the seaports of theRepublic, but this was done with more of ostentationperhaps than of real But the conqueror of Italy was too far-seeing, toocareful of his own fame, to look favourably on any suchwild-cat scheme. Moreover, he had another project ofhis own, one possibly easier of execution, certainlyone better adapted to dazzle and fascinate the popularfancy. The descent on England, to say nothing of the moneydifficulties, presented others as well. If limited to apartial invasion, a mere filibustering expedition, it wasan unsuitable enterprise for a man who looked uponhimself, not without cause, as the first General of theRepublic, and who was accustomed to undertakings ona gr
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