 | Nassau William Senior - Europe - 1880 - 394 pages
...Emperor seemed to go along with him, and when he had finished said to me: ' My only answer,' I said, ' is to beg your Majesty to ask Marshal Vaillant whether...war —the putting an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus.' The Emperor turned to Vaillant. i I am not a politician/... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - Europe - 1880 - 404 pages
...him, and when he had finished said to me : ' Are you not satisfied ? ' ' My only answer,' I said, ' is to beg your Majesty to ask Marshal Vaillant whether...war — the putting an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus.' The Emperor turned to Vaillant. ' I am not a politician,'... | |
 | Mary Charlotte Mair Simpson - England - 1898 - 394 pages
...him, and when he had finished, said to me : '"Are you not satisfied?" ' " My only answer," I said, " is to beg your Majesty to ask Marshal Vaillant whether...war — the putting an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea and the Bosphorus." ' The Emperor turned to Vaillant. '" I am not a politician,"... | |
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... Emperor begged Drouyn de Lhuys to explain the grounds of his arrangement. Drouyn de Lhuys did so at considerable length. I think that he talked for nearly half-an-hour. The Emperor seemed to go along with him, and when he had finished said to me :... 