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...k he said, sir? ‘This is a blessed book,’ he says. ‘Here’s ten pages about Napoleon Bonaparte, and not one about Jack Randall; as if one fighting man ...

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...re’s no need of defence. In 1812 there was a great in- vasion of Russia by Napoleon, first Emperor of the French, father of the present one, and it wo... ...itri? of foreign travel? of the fatal position of Russia? of the Em- peror Napoleon? Is that it?” “No.” “Then you know what for. It’s differen... ...ledge that women are a subject race and must obey. Les femmes tricottent,* Napoleon said.” Kolya, for some reason, smiled, “And on that question at le...

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...the battle of Jena was fought. The court had fled from Weimar. On the 15th Napoleon and Goethe met. It was at the congress of Erfurt, where the sover-...

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...ly unworthy of serious criticism (orthodox). Indeed he knows no more about the dramatic art than, according to his own story in ?The Man of Destiny,? Napoleon at Tavazzano knew of the Art of War....

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...the drama- tist is not so much the destruction as the explana- tion of the Napoleonic tradition, which has so pow- erfully influenced generation after... ...his play—extravaganza, that it is—will at- tain a clearer comprehension of Napoleon than they can get from all the biographies. “You Never Can Tell” o...

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...l stretch out. The White House —My desk— I have little admiration for Napoleon; I have less for my little Napoleons who believe or half-believe ... ... White House levees are in order. I realize it was proper to honor Prince Napoleon but there are few such obligations. I shun os- tentation. We have ...

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...arges into paragons of democracy and good governance. And not for the first time. Napoleon justified his gory campaigns by claiming that they serv... ...ral resources of other polities and to benefit from them, and other eerie echoes of Napoleonic "Old Europe". But ideology does not consist merely o... ...with the ambition to do the great things that until then had been but a fantasy." (Napoleon Bonaparte, "Thoughts") "They may all e called Heroes, i... ...the outer world as a shell and bursts it into pieces - such were Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon ... World- historical men - the Heroes of an epoch - mus... ...ntury (following the 1815 Congress of Vienna) containing France. The trauma of the Napoleonic wars was the last in a medley of conflicts with an in... ...nce rather than a Germany on the ascendant, the Big Powers were still fighting the Napoleonic wars - while ignoring, at their peril, the nature and...

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...t Lodi, the Austrians tried to prevent the French from crossing the river by the narrow bridge there; but the French, commanded by a general aged 27, Napoleon Bonaparte, who does not understand the art of war, rushed the fireswept bridge, supported by a tremendous cannonade in which the young general assisted with his own hands....

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...asy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; “Napoleon at St. Bernard” (1800): Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Copyright ... ...y the narrow bridge there; but the French, commanded by a general aged 27, Napoleon Bonaparte, who does not understand the art of war, rushed the fire... ...m it by force. In this the world is not free from cowardice and folly; for Napoleon, as a merciless cannonader of politi- cal rubbish, is making himse... ...e later glory of “L’Empereur,” have altogether re- fused to credit it. But Napoleon is not “L ’Empereur” yet: he has only just been dubbed “Le Petit C... ...flatteries which are not compatible with martial law of the Prussian type. Napoleon has therefore approached the Alps in command of men without money,... ...rassed an idealist soldier, has been worth a 5 GB Shaw thousand cannon to Napoleon. He has said to his army, “You have patriotism and courage; but yo... ...lassic art of war under orders from Vienna, and getting horribly beaten by Napoleon, who acts on his own responsibility in defi- ance of professional ... ...d the exigencies of the aristocratic social structure of Viennese society, Napoleon finds it possible to be irresistible with- out working heroic mira... ...n carefully under the winepress with his little equipment of silver plate. Napoleon, sitting facing her on the further side of the 7 GB Shaw table, a...

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...ace, the chosen of the eighteenth century, and generally the voice of its philosophy in a prosperous country. His voyage from India gave him sight of Napoleon on the rocky island. In his young manhood he made his bow reverentially to Goethe of Weimar; which did not check his hand from setting its mark on the sickliness of Werther....

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...hilosophy in a prosperous country. His voyage from India gave him sight of Napoleon on the rocky island. In his young manhood he made his bow rever- e... ...act is al- ready ascertained, that the armistice proposed by the Em- peror Napoleon has not been accepted, and that the war is to be continued. The Au... ...les five days before the announcement of the quarantine, while the ‘Prince Napoleon’ of Valery’s Company, passenger and merchandise steamer, which lef... ...t, as was my case in coming here from Civita V ecchia on board the ‘Prince Napoleon.’ But, although telegrams were wanting, discussions on the course ... .... Before quitting the subject of my fellow-passengers on board the ‘Prince Napoleon’ I must mention an anecdote related to me, respecting the state of...

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...e, who also enjoyed the famous actress’ favors, and that in his pres- ence Napoleon happened to fall into one of the fainting fits to which he was sub... ...ollow it,’” Prince Andrew continued after a short si- lence, again quoting Napoleon’s words. “‘I opened my antechambers and they crowded in.’ I do not... ...red Mon- sieur Pierre, “was a political necessity, and it seems to me that Napoleon showed greatness of soul by not fearing to take on himself the who... ...e the Bourbons fled from the Revolution leaving the people to anarchy, and Napoleon alone understood the Revolu- tion and quelled it, and so for the g... ...pation from prejudices, and equality of citi- zenship, and all these ideas Napoleon has retained in full force.” “Liberty and equality,” said the vico... ...ntenced to...” But before Pierre—who at that moment imagined himself to be Napoleon in person and to have just effected the dangerous crossing of the ... ... of the Boulogne expedition? The English will come off badly, you know, if Napoleon gets across the Channel. I think the expedition is quite feasible.... ...e.... I am sorry for him as a man, but what can one do?” “And so you think Napoleon will manage to get an army across?” asked Boris with a smile. Pier... ...t’s a plan I approve of,” said the son; “I am only telling you what it is. Napoleon has also formed his plan by now, not worse than this one.” “W ell,...

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...tween a man who says that the people of the West moved on the East because Napoleon wished it and a man who says that this happened because it had to ... ...ad Moscow not burned down? If Murat had not lost sight of the Russians? If Napoleon had not remained inactive? If the Rus- sian army at Krasnaya Pakhr... ... Pakhra? What would have happened if on approach- 5 Tolstoy ing Tarutino, Napoleon had attacked the Russians with but a tenth of the energy he had sh... ...n was the sending of Lauriston to Kutuzov’s camp with overtures for peace. Napoleon, with his usual assurance that whatever entered his head was right... ...ieur le Prince Koutouzov, to keep you in His holy and gracious protection! Napoleon Moscow, October 30, 1812 Kutuzov replied: “I should be cursed by p... ..., rather considerable detachment is stationed be- tween Ruza and Mozhaysk. Napoleon himself was in Mos- cow as late as the twenty-fifth. In view of al... ...on, when the enemy has scattered his forces in large detachments, and with Napoleon and his Guards in Moscow, is it possible that the enemy’s forces c... ... of the weakness of the French, and the administration of that shock which Napoleon’s army had only awaited to begin its flight. CHAPTER VIII NAPOLEON... ..., abounding in provisions, arms, munitions, and incalculable wealth, is in Napoleon’s hands. The Russian army, only half the strength of the French, d...

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...of Oldenburg, the nonobservance of the Continental System, the ambition of Napoleon, the firmness of Alexander, the mistakes of the diplomatists, and ... ...g party, to have taken proper pains and written a more adroit note, or for Napoleon to have written to Alexander: “My respected Brother, I consent to ... ...at the matter seemed like that to con- temporaries. It naturally seemed to Napoleon that the war was caused by England’s intrigues (as in fact he said... ... seemed to members of the English Parliament that the cause of the war was Napoleon’s ambi- tion; to the Duke of Oldenburg, that the cause of the war ... ...at millions of Christian men killed and tortured each other either because Napoleon was ambitious or Alexander was firm, or because England’s policy w... ... or that French corporal to serve a second term appears as much a cause as Napoleon’s refusal to withdraw his troops beyond the Vistula and to restore... ...rporal and private also refused, there would have been so many less men in Napoleon’s army and the war could 5 Tolstoy not have occurred. Had Napoleo... ... had come from the east to the west, slaying their fellows. The actions of Napoleon and Alexander, on whose words the event seemed to hang, were as li... ...y conscription. This could not be otherwise, for in order that the will of Napoleon and Alexander (on whom the event seemed to depend) should be carri...

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...iversity. 3 Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy BOOK TEN: 1812 CHAPTER I NAPOLEON BEGAN THE WA R with Russia because he could not resist going to Dr... ...complishment of a stupendous result no one of them at all expected—neither Napoleon, nor Alexander, nor still less any of those who did the actual fig... ...r the only thing that could save Russia, while on the French side, despite Napoleon’s experience and so-called military genius, every effort was direc... ...torical works on the year 1812 French writers are very fond of saying that Napoleon felt the danger of extending his line, that he sought a battle and... ...the com- mencement of the campaign a Scythian war plan was adopted to lure Napoleon into the depths of Russia, and this plan some of them attribute to... ...able conjectures many were to quite the contrary effect. Conjectures as to Napoleon’s awareness of the danger of extending his line, and (on the Russi... ...y much straining can historians attribute such con- 5 Tolstoy ceptions to Napoleon and his marshals, or such plans to the Russian commanders. All the... ...he thought that our forces were retreating into the depths of the country. Napoleon having cut our armies apart advanced far into the country and miss... ...e that advance was evi- dently ruinous to him. The facts clearly show that Napoleon did not foresee the danger of the advance on Moscow, nor did Alexa...

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...ayings and doings “the Revolution”; then they give a detailed biography of Napoleon and of certain people favorable or hostile to him; tell of the inf... ... cause of a stronger. The sum of human wills produced the Revolu- tion and Napoleon, and only the sum of those wills first toler- ated and then destro... ...ahead were a few dozen miles separating it from its goal. Every soldier in Napoleon’s army felt this and the invasion moved on by its own momentum. Th... ...no reply from anyone. The question for him now was: “Have I really allowed Napoleon to reach Moscow, and when did I do so? When was it decided? Can it... ...stances, and that in all the world he alone could encounter the invincible Napoleon without fear, and he was horrified at the thought of the order he ... ...ible to suppose that Rostopchin had scared them by his accounts of horrors Napoleon had committed in conquered countries. The first people to go away ... ...ell that Vienna 17 Tolstoy and Berlin had remained intact and that during Napoleon’s occupation the inhabitants had spent their time pleasantly in th... ...young ladies and house serfs to the Three Hills quarter of Moscow to fight Napoleon, and that they must go away, sorry as they were to abandon their p... ...re were precedents (there were up to that time very few, but she mentioned Napoleon and some other exalted personages), that she had never been her hu...

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...ut they little know their man. T ell me this. Why did St Helena extinguish Napoleon? 21 GB Shaw ERMYNTRUDE. I give it up. THE INCA. Because, madam, w... ...certain rather remark- able qualities, which I should be the last to deny, Napoleon lacked versatility . After all, any fool can be a soldier: we know...

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...with all his heart to establish a republic in Russia; then himself to be a Napoleon; then to be a philosopher; and then a strategist and the conqueror... ...leon; then to be a philosopher; and then a strategist and the conqueror of Napoleon? Had he not seen the possibility of, and passionately desired, the... ...nd refine- 6 War and Peace – Book Eight ment, and they pay homage to her. Napoleon Bonaparte was despised by all as long as he was great, but now tha... ...sovereign himself. At dinner the talk turned on the latest political news: Napoleon’s seizure of the Duke of Oldenburg’s territory, and the Russian No... ...ure of the Duke of Oldenburg’s territory, and the Russian Note, hostile to Napoleon, which had been sent to all the European courts. “Bonaparte treats... ...he two old men. “If there were treason, or proofs of secret relations with Napoleon, they would have been made public,” he said with warmth and haste....

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...d his companion at Erfurt, where he had more than once met and talked with Napoleon. Speranski did not shift his eyes from one face to another as peop... ...rt of the Civil Code that was being drawn up and, with the aid of the Code Napoleon and the Institutes of Justinian, he worked at formulating the sect... ...its own particular tone. The largest of these was the French circle of the Napoleonic alliance, the circle of Count Rumyantsev and Caulaincourt. In th... ...ting of the Emperors and had brought from there these connections with the Napoleonic notabilities. At Erfurt her success had been brilliant. Napoleon... ...ort—English fashion. In the midst of a conversation that was started about Napoleon’s Spanish affairs, which they all agreed in approv- ing, Prince An...

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...he problem of determining what is the relation called “meaning.” The word “Napoleon,” we say, “means” a certain person. In saying this, we are asserti... ...tain person. In saying this, we are asserting a relation between the word “Napoleon” and the person so designated. It is this rela- tion that we must ... ...milar to each other member. That is to say, any two instances of the word “Napoleon” are very 132 Bertrand Russell similar, and each instance consist... ...rity required can- not be precisely defined: a man may pronounce the word “Napoleon” so badly that it can hardly be determined whether he has really p... ... not asking what is the meaning of this or that particular word. The word “Napoleon” means a certain individual; but we are asking, not who is the ind... ...ds mean, it is natural to start with proper names, and we will again take “Napoleon” as our in- stance. We commonly imagine, when we use a proper name... ...hat we mean one definite entity, the particular individual who was called “Napoleon.” But what we know as a person is not simple. There may be a singl... ...but there is also not the slightest reason to suppose that it is the case. Napoleon as he was empirically known consisted of a series of gradually cha... ...currences having certain kinds of causal connections with them, constitute Napoleon as em- pirically known, and therefore are Napoleon in so far as he...

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...hile, would find his place quite filled up here, and no room for him; the very Napoleon, the very Byron, in some seven years, has become obsolete, and w... ...tions and relations with illustrious Persons, as Sultan Mahmoud, the Emperor Napoleon, and others, are they not as yet rather of a diplomatic characte... ...n prose, and copi ously otherwise: your Bonaparte represents his Sorrows of Napoleon Opera, in an all too stupendous style; with music of cannon voll... ...llocks, dies under Rodolf’s truncheon; here Kaiser Franz falls a swoon under Napoleon’s: within which five centuries, to omit the others, how has thy b... ... Water roses” (Chi nese Carbonari) with their mysteries, no notice here! Of Napoleon himself we shall only, glancing from afar, remark that Teufelsdr... ...re not be sparks flying! Alas, some millions of men, and among them such as a Napoleon, have already been licked into that high eddying Flame, and like... ...hind him; or have they all vanished utterly, even as perturbed Goblins must? Napoleon too, and his Moscow Retreats and Austerlitz Campaigns! Was it al...

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...ould only have had three mothers as well, he’d have backed himself against Napoleon. TARLETON. [impressed] Thats an idea. Thats a most inter- esting i... ...is, Mr Percival, are you really a gentleman, or are you not? PERCIVAL. Was Napoleon really a gentleman or was he not? He made the lady get out of the ... ...he Bourbons back again. That was behaving rather like a navvy. Now I, like Napoleon, am not all one piece. On occasion, as you have all seen, I can be...

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...“ZAT WAS A TERRIBLE TIME, Nicolinka,” continued Karl Ivanitch, “ze time of Napoleon. He vanted to conquer Germany, ant we protected our Vaterland to z... ...e warf sein Gewehr hin und rief, ‘Pardon’—ant I let him loose. “At Wagram, Napoleon cut us open, ant surrountet us in such a way as zere vas no helpin... ... my pipe, ant speaket wis some frients of Politik, of ze Emperor Franz, of Napoleon, of ze war—ant anypoty might say his opinion. But next to us sits ...

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...elves actually becoming artists in wax, with a growing relish for it, like Napoleon and all the other scourges of mankind, in spite of themselves. For... ...ell me all about Mr Mangan. They call him Boss Mangan, don’t they? He is a Napoleon of industry and disgustingly rich, isn’t he? Why isn’t your father... ... and things? MANGAN. People think I have. People think I’m an indus- trial Napoleon. That’s why Miss Ellie wants to marry me. But I tell you I have no...

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...ected Writings And soon the man reappears, carrying on his right shoulder, Napoleon III. in plaster, and hold- ing in his left hand a straw-bottomed c... ... smile, a smile ineffaceable and mocking. They remained thus face to face, Napoleon on the chair, the doctor in front of him about three steps away. S... ... a third; and then, without stopping, he emptied his revolver. The brow of Napoleon disappeared in white powder, but the eyes, the nose, and the fine ... ... of Free- dom, and diplomatists regarded her as an influen- tial friend of Napoleon III. She knew everyone, but especially those men whose names were ...

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...ist movement. In several countries he had sons-in-law as lieutenants, like Napoleon’s brothers, and in the various internal contests that arose his wi... ...Bakunin passionately took the side of France, especially after the fall of Napoleon III. He endeavored to rouse the people to revolutionary resistance...

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...olonies because we interfered with their fiscal ar- rangements, and it was Napoleon’s attempt to strangle the Continental trade with Great Britain tha... ... Norman Conquest, not in the flight of King James II, nor the overthrow of Napoleon; it is here and now. It falls to them to be actors not in a remi- ... ...wn ends. There is no hope for us outside ourselves. No violent changes, no Napoleonic saviours can carry on the task of building the Great State, the ... ...eir organising power is up against no less a thing than a nation’s future. Napoleon, it is curious to remember once wanted to run a lodging-house, and...

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...easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Manis; Napoleon on his Imperial Throne – 1806: Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Domin- ique (1... ...or immediate production at a popular theatre we need not con- tradict him. Napoleon provided Talma with a pit of kings, with what effect on Talma’s ac...

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...he capture of the garrison, McClernand returned with his en- tire force to Napoleon, at the mouth of the Arkansas River. From here I received messages... ...tricate an expedition. On the 17th I visited McClernand and his command at Napoleon. It was here made evident to me that both the army and navy were s... ...eat, which Mr. Davis said in his speeches would prove more disastrous than Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. These speeches of Mr. Davis were not long i... ...wishes and instincts of his people. He tried to play the part of the first Napoleon, without the ability to sustain that role. He 591 U. S. Grant sou... ...to France all it cost her people. It was the completion of the downfall of Napoleon III. The beginning was when he landed troops on this continent. Fa... ...is neighbor, Prussia— and fell. I never admired the character of the first Napoleon; but I recognize his great genius. His work, too, has left its imp... ... work, too, has left its impress for good on the face of Europe. The third Napoleon could have no claim to having done a good or just act. To maintain...

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...to per- 151 Getting Married fection; but it doesnt fit me. I happen, like Napoleon, to prefer Mohammedanism. [Mrs George, associating Mohammedanism w...

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...en he was there, nor remove her eyes from his face, which was something like Napoleon’s, with a lock of black hair failing across the forehead. But th...

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...isrepresentations of Sir Walter Scott, in the introduction to his Life of Napoleon . The num ber of books which I read for this purpose, making note...

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...he Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: V ol. 2 remembering that the nine-pin Napoleon overthrew half the thrones in Europe. But he possessed sana mens i...

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...s- toric situation to which reference is made is the after- effects of the Napoleonic conquests, especially in Ger- many. The German states felt (and ... ...ich occurred in Germany in the generation occupied by the struggle against Napoleon for national indepen- dence, may be gathered from Kant, who well e...

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...ectionist, would be glad to exchange his own protective tar iff for Louis Napoleon’s free trade one. But why discuss, on probable evidence, notorious...