Talleyrand: A Biographical StudyAppleton, 1907 - Počet stran: 373 |
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... remained a month at Autun and captivated everybody . Were there rumours of Voltairean opinions and loose practices ? He said his breviary daily in the garden -as anyone could see - attended to every function of his office , presided at ...
... remained a month at Autun and captivated everybody . Were there rumours of Voltairean opinions and loose practices ? He said his breviary daily in the garden -as anyone could see - attended to every function of his office , presided at ...
Strana 82
... remained , and very many eyes were turned towards the property of the Church , estimated to be worth 2,100,000,000 livres . The idea of appropriating this to national purposes had been broached in the Assembly early in August , and had ...
... remained , and very many eyes were turned towards the property of the Church , estimated to be worth 2,100,000,000 livres . The idea of appropriating this to national purposes had been broached in the Assembly early in August , and had ...
Strana 97
... remained throughout life very sensitive to any reference to his bishopric , and that a lady once greatly disturbed him by dropping the word " lawn , " is not to be taken seriously . His friends continued to call him " the bishop " for ...
... remained throughout life very sensitive to any reference to his bishopric , and that a lady once greatly disturbed him by dropping the word " lawn , " is not to be taken seriously . His friends continued to call him " the bishop " for ...
Strana 101
... remained a Frenchman " he says , " I was prepared for anything . " The outlook must have been blank and perplexing . His ecclesiastical income was entirely stopped , and he was prevented by the vote of the Assembly from accepting a ...
... remained a Frenchman " he says , " I was prepared for anything . " The outlook must have been blank and perplexing . His ecclesiastical income was entirely stopped , and he was prevented by the vote of the Assembly from accepting a ...
Strana 126
... remained French , he was prepared for anything . " He was not prepared for murder . His one thought was to leave France . On the pretext of a mission to persuade England to adopt the metrical system he received permission to leave ...
... remained French , he was prepared for anything . " He was not prepared for murder . His one thought was to leave France . On the pretext of a mission to persuade England to adopt the metrical system he received permission to leave ...
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Strana 361 - In all the transactions in which I have been engaged with prince Talleyrand, no man could have conducted himself with more firmness and ability in regard to his own country, or with more uprightness and honor in all his communications with the ministers of other countries, than prince Talleyrand.
Strana 361 - Holland added, that no man's private character had been more shamefully traduced,andno man's public character more mistaken and misrepresented, than the private and public character of prince Talleyrand. The Jacobins furnished the expenses of printing this paper, the object of which was to excite the indignation of the populace against Louis XVI and his ministers. Tallien soon became one of the most popular men of the revolutionary party, and was deeply concerned in the terrible commotions of the...
Strana 29 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions; it loves shade and solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows; in short, it feels...
Strana 213 - ... for all the declamation in the world; ingenious topics, fine comparisons, cases in point, epigrammatic sentences, all passed innocuous over his head. So the storms of passion blew unheeded past one whose temper nothing could ruffle, and whose path towards his object nothing could obstruct. It was a lesson and a study, as well as a marvel, to see him disconcert, with a look of his keen eye, or a motion of his chin, a whole piece of wordy talk...
Strana 248 - I hate the English as much as you do, and I will second you in all your actions against them." Such are said to have been the words with which Alexander greeted Napoleon as they stepped on to the raft. Whereupon the conqueror replied: "In that case all can be arranged and peace is...
Strana 279 - You do not even believe in God. You have betrayed and deceived everybody. You would sell even your own father.
Strana 159 - ... from the neutrality thus to be purchased. He said, that the receipt of the money might be so disguised as 'to prevent its being considered as a breach of neutrality by England ; and thus save us from being embroiled with that power. Concerning the twelve hundred thousand livres little was said ; that being completely understood, on all sides, to be required for the officers of government, and therefore needing no further explanation.
Strana 208 - Autun, which you formerly governed ; we grant you, moreover, the liberty to wear ^he secular costume, and to administer all civil affairs, whether in the office you now fill, or in others to which your government may call you." This brief was taken by M. de Talleyrand as a permission to become a layman, and even to take a wife. The lady he married — born in the East Indies, and divorced from M.
Strana 267 - You did not tell me that the Duke of San Carlos was your wife's lover,' Talleyrand quietly retorted, ' I did not think it redounded either to your Majesty's honour or mine.
Strana 352 - Montalivet, who related to me the fact, he once said : " You have a prejudice against me, because your father was an Imperialist, and you think I deserted the Emperor. I have never kept fealty to any one longer than he has himself been obedient to common sense. But, if you judge all my actions by this rule, you will find that I have been eminently consistent...