Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Volume V - Walter Scott

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mother arrived on the 2d of August, and occupied a house on the quay at Porto Ferrajo. Pauline landed in October. She lived in the palace with her brother; who had a room built for her in the garden, in which she gave public balls every Sunday evening.

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"Our halt at Warsaw, in January 1807, was delightful. The Emperor and all the French officers paid their tribute of admiration to the charms of the fair Poles. There was one whose powerful fascinations made a deep impression on Napoleon's heart. He conceived an ardent affection for her, which she cordially returned. It is needless to name her, when I observe that her attachment remained unshaken amidst every danger, and that, at the period of Napoleon's reverses, she continued his faithful friend." – Savary, tom. iii., p. 16.

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Buonaparte had particular reason to dread Brulart. This Chouan chief had been one of the numbers who laid down their arms on Napoleon assuming the Consulate, and who had been permitted to reside at Paris. A friend of Brulart, still more obnoxious than himself, was desirous of being permitted to return from England, to which he had emigrated. He applied to Napoleon through Brulart, who was directed by the Emperor to encourage his friend to come over. Immediately on his landing in France, he was seized and executed. Brulart fled to England in grief and rage, at being made the means of decoying his friend to death. In the height of his resentment he wrote to Napoleon, threatening him with death by his hand. The recollection of this menace alarmed Buonaparte, when he found Brulart so near him as Corsica.

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Even Sir Niel Campbell said to Napoleon, "The newspapers say you are to be sent to St. Helena." – "Nous verrons cela," was the reply. —Memorable Events, p. 268.

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See Treaty of Paris, Art. III. Parl. Debates, vol. xxviii., p. 178.

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See Annual Register, vol. lvi., p. 420.

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See ante, vol. i., p. 255.

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Savary, tom. iv., p. 235.

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Annual Register, vol. lvi., p. 51.

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M. Dumolard. See Moniteur, Nov. 24.

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Moniteur, Dec. 7 and 10; Montgaillard, tom. viii., p. 84; Annual Register, vol. lvi., p. 63.

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Moniteur, July 13; Montgaillard, tom. viii., p. 52.

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"No conqueror, no war, no conscription, no consolidated taxes!" —Proclamation on entering France.

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Tempest, act i., scene ii.

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Moniteur, July 6; Annual Register, vol. lxvi., p. 56.

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