The History of Napoleon Buonaparte, Том 4J. & J. Harper, 1843 |
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Сторінка 114 - Koran, and to the mosques, the same tolerance as you have shewn to the convents and the synagogues, — to the religion of Moses and of Jesus Christ. The Roman legions protected all religions. You will find here usages different from those of Europe : it is proper that you habituate yourselves to them.
Сторінка 57 - The Vatican, meanwhile, perceived that no time was to be lost. The Spanish resident at the Roman court was despatched to Milan ; and the terms on which the holy father was to obtain a brief respite were at length arranged. Buonaparte demanded and obtained a million sterling, a hundred of the finest pictures and statues in the papal irallery, a large supply of military stores, and the cession of Ancona, Ferrara, and Bologna, with their respective domains.
Сторінка 173 - ... Bernard, and received from him an appalling picture of the difficulties of marching an army by that route into Italy. "Is it possible to pass?" said Napoleon, cutting the engineer's narrative short. " The thing is barely possible," answered Marescot. "Very well," said the chief consul, " en avant — let us proceed." While the Austrians were thinking only of the frontier where Suchet commanded an enfeebled and dispirited division, — destined, as they doubted not, to be reinforced by the army,...
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