The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 17. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1884 |
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... Bonaparte , whose acquaintance he made , and whose friendship he won . When Bonaparte was requested by Barras to undertake the defence of the convention in Vendémiaire 1795 he at once called Murat to his side and commissioned him to ...
... Bonaparte , whose acquaintance he made , and whose friendship he won . When Bonaparte was requested by Barras to undertake the defence of the convention in Vendémiaire 1795 he at once called Murat to his side and commissioned him to ...
Page 186
... Bonaparte's correspondence which had been taken at the battle of Vittoria ; this was all in cipher , but Mrs Napier , with great patience , discovered the keys . In 1828 the first volume of the History appeared , and it was at once seen ...
... Bonaparte's correspondence which had been taken at the battle of Vittoria ; this was all in cipher , but Mrs Napier , with great patience , discovered the keys . In 1828 the first volume of the History appeared , and it was at once seen ...
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... Bonaparte bore the title of king of Naples for two years and Joachim Murat for seven years . Sicily throughout this period of French influence remained beneath the sway of her Bourbon princes . For the events which led to the expulsion ...
... Bonaparte bore the title of king of Naples for two years and Joachim Murat for seven years . Sicily throughout this period of French influence remained beneath the sway of her Bourbon princes . For the events which led to the expulsion ...
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... Bonaparte ( written by Napoleon's father and by himself down to 1796 Buonaparte , though the other spelling occurs in early Italian documents ) was of Tuscan origin . A branch of it was settled in Corsica at least as early as the 16th ...
... Bonaparte ( written by Napoleon's father and by himself down to 1796 Buonaparte , though the other spelling occurs in early Italian documents ) was of Tuscan origin . A branch of it was settled in Corsica at least as early as the 16th ...
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... Bonaparte family , as noble , had been on the unpatriotic side ; Napoleon's father appears always as a courtier of the French governor Marboeuf and as a mendicant at Versailles ; Madame Letitia in soliciting a place for her son Louis ...
... Bonaparte family , as noble , had been on the unpatriotic side ; Napoleon's father appears always as a courtier of the French governor Marboeuf and as a mendicant at Versailles ; Madame Letitia in soliciting a place for her son Louis ...
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