. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. ruits, were piled up in the kitchen (this was thetime of our greatest famine), and there was such a want ofstewing-pans, glasses, and plates, that they had to come andborrow from our poor stock. There was nmch about Josephine de Beauharnais to winthe favor of such a man as Barras. A Creole past the fresh-ness of youth—Josephine was thirty-two years old in 1795— she had a grace, a sweetness, a charm, that made one for-get that she was not beautiful, even when she was besidesuch brilliant women as Madame Tallien and MadameRecamier. It was never possible to surpri
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. ruits, were piled up in the kitchen (this was thetime of our greatest famine), and there was such a want ofstewing-pans, glasses, and plates, that they had to come andborrow from our poor stock. There was nmch about Josephine de Beauharnais to winthe favor of such a man as Barras. A Creole past the fresh-ness of youth—Josephine was thirty-two years old in 1795— she had a grace, a sweetness, a charm, that made one for-get that she was not beautiful, even when she was besidesuch brilliant women as Madame Tallien and MadameRecamier. It was never possible to surprise her in an at-titude that was not graceful. She was never ruffled orirritable. By nature she was perfection of ease and enough to dress in clinging stuffs made simply,which harmonized perfectly with her style, and skilfulenough to use the arts of the toilet to conceal defects whichcare and age had brought, the Viscountess de Beauharnaiswas altogether one of the most fascinating women inMadame Talliens BONAPARTE^ GENERAL OF THE ARMY IN ITALY. Profile in plaster. By David dAngers. Collection of MonsieurPaul le Roux. This energetic profile presents considerable artisticand iconographic interest. It is the first rough cast of the face ofBonaparte on the pediment of the Pantheon at Paris. Some monthsago, Baron Larrey told me an interesting anecdote regarding thisstatue. The Baron, son of the chief surgeon to Napoleon I., andhimself ex-military surgeon to Napoleon III., happening to be withthe emperor at the camp of Chalons conceived the noble idea of?trying to save the pediment of the Pantheon, then about to bedestroyed to satisfy the Archbishop of Paris, who regarded withlively displeasure the image of Voltaire figuring on the fagade ofa building newly consecrated to religion. At the emperors table,Baron H. Larrey adroitly turned the conversation to David, andinformed the sovereign, to his surprise, that the proudest effigy ofNapoleon was to be seen on
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