. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Madame a painting by Fraujois Gerard (1770-1037).Hutory oS AU Nations, Vol. XVII., page 53 54 THE WORLD EMPIRE. emperor could reach, there he made himself felt by severe oppressionaud exaction. England alone still remained inaccessible to him, and,since the day of Trafalgar, yet more inaccessible. But Napoleon feltvery plainly that the edifice of his dominion was neitiier firm nor com-plete so long as he had not l)roken in pieces the trident of the mistress ofthe seas. Since tlie vic
. A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Madame a painting by Fraujois Gerard (1770-1037).Hutory oS AU Nations, Vol. XVII., page 53 54 THE WORLD EMPIRE. emperor could reach, there he made himself felt by severe oppressionaud exaction. England alone still remained inaccessible to him, and,since the day of Trafalgar, yet more inaccessible. But Napoleon feltvery plainly that the edifice of his dominion was neitiier firm nor com-plete so long as he had not l)roken in pieces the trident of the mistress ofthe seas. Since tlie victories over Austria and Prussia, the i)lau firstformed umlcr the Directory, of destroying England by excluding herbusiness from tlie Continent, had assumed a more definite shape. Tiiefamous Berlin Decree, November 21, 1806, which prohibited all deal-ings with England and all intercourse, even by letter, subjected to con-fiscation all merchandise from English factories or colonies or belong-ing to an Englishman, prohibited all vessels that desired to enter aFrench harbor from touching on the British coast, and ordered theseizure of every Englishman as a prisoner of war, constituted the com-men
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