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... Empire in consideration of the broken con- dition on which , as he said , he had based his abdication . The proposal to proclaim Napoleon II . was therefore to be renewed , with better - concerted efforts , at the first sitting of the ...
... Empire in consideration of the broken con- dition on which , as he said , he had based his abdication . The proposal to proclaim Napoleon II . was therefore to be renewed , with better - concerted efforts , at the first sitting of the ...
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... Empire . He demanded a night for reflection . The Chamber , already cooling down , ap- plauded him . Boulay de la Meurthe was indignant at this return to indifference : " France is lost ! " he exclaimed , rebuk- ing the weakness of his ...
... Empire . He demanded a night for reflection . The Chamber , already cooling down , ap- plauded him . Boulay de la Meurthe was indignant at this return to indifference : " France is lost ! " he exclaimed , rebuk- ing the weakness of his ...
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... loved sufficiently to elevate her to the throne of Holland , and to destine the Empire for her son , had gone before and awaited him at His feelings on the occasion . Malmaison ; a faithful 8 [ LOOK 28 . HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION.
... loved sufficiently to elevate her to the throne of Holland , and to destine the Empire for her son , had gone before and awaited him at His feelings on the occasion . Malmaison ; a faithful 8 [ LOOK 28 . HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION.
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... Empire , through feeling or ambition , in the hearts of the young officers by whom she was surrounded ; but faithful to him in his fall , she devoted herself to soothe the last hours of separation , and assisted him to descend with less ...
... Empire , through feeling or ambition , in the hearts of the young officers by whom she was surrounded ; but faithful to him in his fall , she devoted herself to soothe the last hours of separation , and assisted him to descend with less ...
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... Empire . He shut himself up in his cabinet and wrote an address to the army of Paris . But this address still breathed too strongly the accent of the Em- peror and the habitual tone of sovereignty , not to appear to his confidants a ...
... Empire . He shut himself up in his cabinet and wrote an address to the army of Paris . But this address still breathed too strongly the accent of the Em- peror and the habitual tone of sovereignty , not to appear to his confidants a ...
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