The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud: In a Series of Letters from a Resident in Paris to a Nobleman in London, Written During the Months of August, September, and October, 1805 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 72
Page 5
... soon settled , that de Gausac should be transformed into a Russian Count de W- , a nephew and confidential secre- tary of the chancellor of the same name ; and that one Caumar- tin , another French adventurer , who taught fencing at St ...
... soon settled , that de Gausac should be transformed into a Russian Count de W- , a nephew and confidential secre- tary of the chancellor of the same name ; and that one Caumar- tin , another French adventurer , who taught fencing at St ...
Page 6
... soon be buried in the rubbish of the treaty of Amiens , the influence of their pa- rents in the cabinet of St. Cloud is as great as ever : I say their parents , because the crafty ex - bishop , Talleyrand , foreseeing the short ...
... soon be buried in the rubbish of the treaty of Amiens , the influence of their pa- rents in the cabinet of St. Cloud is as great as ever : I say their parents , because the crafty ex - bishop , Talleyrand , foreseeing the short ...
Page 12
... soon , however , convinced her how much she was mistaken . To evince her repentance , she , on the very next day , attended her mother- in - law to church , who was highly edified by the sudden and reli- gious turn of her daughter , and ...
... soon , however , convinced her how much she was mistaken . To evince her repentance , she , on the very next day , attended her mother- in - law to church , who was highly edified by the sudden and reli- gious turn of her daughter , and ...
Page 27
... soon ( accustomed as they are , since the Revolution , to verbal and written debates , ) be tired of talking about fine weather or about the opera . To occupy them and their attention , some ample subject of diversion was necessary ...
... soon ( accustomed as they are , since the Revolution , to verbal and written debates , ) be tired of talking about fine weather or about the opera . To occupy them and their attention , some ample subject of diversion was necessary ...
Page 32
... soon as she had finished , Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! Napoleone had placed himself between the old Cardinal de Bellois and the not young Cardinal Bernier , so as to prevent the approach of any profane sinner , or unrepentant infidel . Round ...
... soon as she had finished , Amen ! Amen ! Amen ! Napoleone had placed himself between the old Cardinal de Bellois and the not young Cardinal Bernier , so as to prevent the approach of any profane sinner , or unrepentant infidel . Round ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afterwards agents aide-de-camp ambassador army arrested Austria Baron Batavian Batavian Republic brother Brune Buona Buonaparte's cabinet of St capital Cardinal Fesch Cayenne character ci-devant command Consul counsellor Count court courtiers crimes diplomatic disgrace Duroc Edelsheim Elector Elector of Bavaria emigrants Emperor enemies England favour favourite former fortune Fouche France French French empire gens-d'armes Germany grand officer grand pensionary heard hundred husband Imperial intrigues Italy jacobins Jourdan King lady Legion of Honour LETTER liberty LORD Louis Buonaparte Louis XVI Lucien Madame Napoleone ment military millions of livres minister mistress Moreau Murat Napoleone's nation never ordered Paris patriotism persons Petersburgh Pichegru police political Pope present Prince of Asturia Prince of Peace Princess of Asturia prison procured Prussian reign revolution revolutionary Robespierre Royal sans-culotte secret seized senators sent sovereign Spain Spanish spies Talleyrand thousand livres throne tion tribune troops wife
Popular passages
Page ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page ii - SECRET (the) history of the court and cabinet of St. Cloud : in a series of letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London, written during the months of August, September, and October, 1805.
Page 67 - In 1802, Pius VII. decorated him with the Roman purple, and he is now a pillar of the Roman faith, in a fair way of seizing the Roman tiara. If letters from Rome can be depended upon, Cardinal Fesch, in the name of the Emperor of the French, informed His Holiness the Pope that he must either retire to a convent or travel to France, either abdicate his own sovereignty, or inaugurate Napoleon the First a Sovereign of France.
Page 55 - Buonapartes, their favourites, or the mistresses of their favourites ; who has displeased Fouche, or offended some other placeman ; any who have refused to part with their property for the recovery of their liberty, are all precipitated into these artificial abysses — there to be forgotten ; or worse...
Page 328 - I would give my brother, the Emperor of Germany, one further piece of advice. Let him hasten to make peace. This is the crisis when, he must recollect, all States must have an end. The idea of the approaching extinction of the dynasty of Lorraine must impress him with horror.
Page 21 - Duchesse de Fleury, and Marquise de Clermont. They were conversing with M. Mathew de Montmorency, the contractor (a ci-devant lackey) Collot, the ci-devant Due de Fitz-James, and the legislator Martin, a ci-devant porter: several groups in the several apartments were composed of a similar heterogeneous mixture of ci-devant nobles and cidevant valets, of ci-devant Princesses, Marchionesses, Countesses and Baronesses, and of ci-devant chambermaids, mistresses and poissardes. Round a gamblingtable,...
Page 71 - Duke de Choiseul, the then prime minister, indecently enough threw Edelsheim into the Bastille, in order to search or seize his papers ; which, however, were secured elsewhere. . Edelsheim was \ released on the morrow, but obliged to depart the kingdom by the way of Turin, as related, by Frederic II. in his History of the Seven Years War.
Page 117 - Italian grenadiers, riflemen, dragoons, etc., etc., compose all together a not inconsiderable army. Though it frequently happens that the pay of the other troops is in arrears, those appertaining to Bonaparte's household are as regularly paid as his Senators, Counsellors of State, and other public functionaries. All the men are picked, and all the officers as much as possible of birth, or at least of education. In the midst of this voluptuous and seductive capital, they are kept very strict, and...
Page 37 - Duroc, and deliberating on a thousand methods of destroying the insolent islanders ; all equally violent, but all equally impracticable. The next morning, when, as usual, he went to see the manoeuvres of his flotilla, and the embarkation and landing of his troops, he looked so pale, that he almost excited pity. Your...
Page 49 - ... provided everything, even to the utmost extent of her wishes ; and she, on her part, could not but honour those with her company as much as possible, particularly as they required nothing else for their civilities. ' Such was the Empress's expression to her lady in waiting, the handsome Madame Seran, with whom no confidence, no tale, no story, and no scandal expires ; and who was in a great hurry to inform, the same evening, the tea-party at Madame...