The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of Napoleon BuonaparteR.Cadell, 1835 |
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Sivu 112 - The equinoctial gales rose higher and higher upon the third night, and extended the flames, with which there was no longer any human power of contending. At the dead hour of midnight, the Kremlin itself was found to be on fire. A soldier of the Russian police, charged with being the incendiary, was turned over to the summary vengeance of the Imperial Guard.
Sivu 113 - Palaces and temples," says a Russian author, " monuments of art, and miracles of luxury, the remains of ages which had past away, and those which had been the creation of yesterday ; the tombs of ancestors, and the nursery-cradles of the present generation, were indiscriminately destroyed. Nothing was left of Moscow save the remembrance of the city, and the deep resolution to avenge its fall."* The fire raged till the 1 9th with unabated violence, and then began to slacken for want of fuel.
Sivu 115 - ... strength of his genius, and the facility with which he could take off or fix the whole force of his attention on whatever he pleased. It was remarked, too, that he prolonged his meals, which had hitherto been sO simple and so short. He seemed desirous of stifling thought by repletion. He would pass whole hours, half reclined, as if torpid, and awaiting, with a novel in his hand, the catastrophe of his terrible history.
Sivu 108 - ... that refuse of humanity, the only live creatures they could find in the city, but they were wretches of the lowest rank. When he was at last convinced that the desertion of the capital was universal, he smiled bitterly, and said, " The Russians will soon learn better the value of their capital.
Sivu 110 - ... fire in the course of the night. The report seemed to arise from those evident circumstances which rendered the event probable, but no one took any notice of it, until at midnight, when the soldiers were startled from their quarters, by the report that the town was in flames. The memorable conflagration began amongst the coachmakers' warehouses and workshops in the Bazaar, or general market, which was the richest district of the city.
Sivu 74 - They caused a salute of a hundred guns to be fired. The Emperor remarked, with displeasure, that in Russia it was necessary to be more sparing of French powder ; he was answered that it was Russian powder taken the preceding day. The idea of having his birth-day celebrated at the expense of the enemy drew a smile from Napoleon. It was admitted that this very rare species of flattery became such men...
Sivu 217 - I am in the field. I could not help the Danube rising sixteen feet in one night — Ah ! without that, there would have been an end of the Austrian monarchy. But it was written in Heaven that I should marry an Archduchess." (This was said with an air of much gaiety.) " In the same manner, in Russia, I could not prevent its freezing. They told me every morning that I had lost ten thousand horses during the night. — Well, farewell to you...
Sivu 27 - Whole nations had quitted their homes to throng his path ; rich and poor, nobles and plebeians, friends and enemies, all hurried to the scene. Their curious and anxious groups were men collecting in the streets, the roads, and the public places.
Sivu 219 - But he certainly had a long conversation with me, which he misrepresents, as might be expected ; and it was at the very moment when he was delivering a long prosing speech, which appeared to me a mere string of absurdity and impertinence, that I scrawled on the corner of the NAPOLEON'S COURT AT DRESDEN.
Sivu 113 - The fire raged till the 19th with unabated violence, and then began to slacken for want of fuel. It is said, four-fifths of this great city were laid in ruins. On the 20th, Buonaparte returned...