Lamartine's Works ..., Volume 6G. Bell & sons, 1891 |
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... minister of the interior , and M. Bignon , who was rather a man of learning than a statesman , easily played upon and cajoled by flattery , was made minister for foreign affairs . Pelet de la Lozère , an honest man , patriotic and con ...
... minister of the interior , and M. Bignon , who was rather a man of learning than a statesman , easily played upon and cajoled by flattery , was made minister for foreign affairs . Pelet de la Lozère , an honest man , patriotic and con ...
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Alphonse de Lamartine. Policy of Fouché . government and by the ministers in concerting the greatest possible ... minister un- dertake one more complicated , or fraught with greater perils , or succeed in it with greater boldness ...
Alphonse de Lamartine. Policy of Fouché . government and by the ministers in concerting the greatest possible ... minister un- dertake one more complicated , or fraught with greater perils , or succeed in it with greater boldness ...
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... minister of foreign affairs , Bignon , and of D'Argenson , a man whose own candour laid him open to decep- tion , all the other negociators had their cue from Fouché , and that in reality they had but one object - the armistice . Every ...
... minister of foreign affairs , Bignon , and of D'Argenson , a man whose own candour laid him open to decep- tion , all the other negociators had their cue from Fouché , and that in reality they had but one object - the armistice . Every ...
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... minister to answer to him for his liberty and his head , should he remain in Paris . " Your head ! ” replied Fouché , with a smile ; " how can I guarantee that to you when I am not sure of my own ? All I can do is to promise you that ...
... minister to answer to him for his liberty and his head , should he remain in Paris . " Your head ! ” replied Fouché , with a smile ; " how can I guarantee that to you when I am not sure of my own ? All I can do is to promise you that ...
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... ministers , his marshals , his generals , his partisans , who had sacrificed with him and for But ambition never ... minister to him , in an American vessel the letter containing this information , stationed at Havre ; its captain is ...
... ministers , his marshals , his generals , his partisans , who had sacrificed with him and for But ambition never ... minister to him , in an American vessel the letter containing this information , stationed at Havre ; its captain is ...
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