 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1842 - 1130 pages
...In1 Napo. his will, which contained a vast number of bequests, Testawere two very remarkable ; the one was, a request "that his body might repose on the banks of the CM, si. 229. Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well ;" scPou, ix.' the other, a legacy of... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1853 - 570 pages
...wind and rain arose, and he expired during its greatest fury, uttering the words, " tête d'armée." Two singular items in his will deserve to be recorded...spot, in St. Helena, in which he •wished his remains tobe deposited. It was a small hollow called Slane's Valley, where a fountain, shaded with weeping... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1855 - 670 pages
...evening. In his will, which contained a vast number of bequest*, were two very remarkable ones : the one was, a request " that his body might repose on...Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well ;* the other, a legacy of ten thousand francs to the assassin Cantillon, who had attempted recently... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1855 - 442 pages
...evening. In his will, which contained a vast number of bequests, were two very remarkable ones : the one was, a request " that his body might repose on the banks of the Seme, among the people whom he had loved so well ; " the other, a legacy of ten thousand francs to... | |
 | Sir Archibald Alison - Europe - 1857 - 632 pages
...of 10,000 francs to an assassin who had recently attempted the life of the Duke of Wellington, and a request that " his body might repose on the banks...Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well." 860. His body, after lying in state, was interred (May 8) in the military dress which he had usually... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - France - 1875 - 356 pages
...buried near a fountain shaded by a few weeping willows, which had been his favorite resort. In his will was a request that his " body might repose on the banks of the Seine, among the people he had loved so well." In the reign of Louis Philippe his remains were carried to Paris and laid beneath... | |
 | Herbert R. Clinton - Europe - 1878 - 528 pages
...1840 to Paris, where it was re-interred beneath the magnificent 29 — 2 dome of the Invalides, " to repose on the banks of the Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well." Napoleon's name has still a magical influence in France. His nephew was for some years one of the closest... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1880 - 410 pages
...the funeral was truly a national demonstration. Thus his wish was at last fulfilled, and he reposed " on the banks of the Seine, among the people whom he had loved so welL" His son Francis Joseph Charles Napoleon, King of Rome, accompanied his mother to Vienna in 1814, and... | |
 | Charles MacFarlane - 1880 - 420 pages
...truly a national demonstration. Thus his wish was at last fulfilled, and he reposed " on the baflks of the Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well." His son Francis Joseph Charles Napoleon, King of Rome, accompanied his mother to Vienna in 1814, and... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - History - 1883 - 704 pages
...army). He was buried near his favorite resort, — a fountain shaded by weeping willows. In his will was a request that his "body might repose on the banks of the Seine, among the people he had loved so well." During the reign of Louis Philippe, his remains were carried to Paris, and laid... | |
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In his will, which contained a vast number of bequests, were two very remarkable ones : the one was a request that his body might repose on the banks of the Seine, among the people whom he had loved so well... 
