 | 1814 - 580 pages
...nith redoubled ray.J HE is fallen ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy which towered among us like some ancient ruin whose frown terrified the...throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive ; a will despotic in its dictates ; an energy... | |
 | Leipzig (Germany), Battle of, 1813 - 1814 - 42 pages
...its style it cannot be surpassed:—'' He is fallen!— We may now pause before that splendiflprodigy which towered amongst us like some ancient ruin,. whose frown terrified . the. glance its- magaificeoe^. attracted. Grand, gloomy, and ^peculiar* ihe.isatr" upon th&, throne, a gceptered hermit,... | |
 | John Hampdon - 1815 - 638 pages
...dearest object of my prayers." CHAP. Character of Napoleon Bonaparte. WE may now pause before that splendid prodigy which towered amongst us like some...throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. — A mind bold, independent, and decisive ; a will despotic in its dictates ; an... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1817 - 166 pages
...HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON, BY CHARLES PHILLIPS, ESQ. HE is fallen !— We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his awful originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive; a will, despotic, in its dictate*; an energy... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1817 - 234 pages
...NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. ITE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. ' A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1817 - 248 pages
...NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. TTE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he -sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1817 - 680 pages
...words of the volume, "want nothing but his genius." " He is FALLEN! " We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a seeptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. " A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Speeches, addresses, etc., Irish - 1820 - 296 pages
...NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THK PERIOD OK . HIS EXILE TO ELBA. IS FALLEN We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent and decisive—a... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Forensic orations - 1821 - 278 pages
...OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, nOWIf TO THE PEBIOD OF HIS HE IS EXILE TO ELBA. WK may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt iu the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic... | |
 | Charles Phillips - Ireland - 1822 - 324 pages
...NAPOJLEON BUONAPARTE, DOWN TO THE PERIOD OF HIS EXILE TO ELBA. HE is FALLEN ! We may now pause before that splendid prodigy, which towered amongst us like some...Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptered hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive... | |
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Grand, gloomy, and peculiar, he sat upon the throne, a sceptred hermit, wrapt in the solitude of his own originality. A mind bold, independent, and decisive — a will, despotic in its dictates — an energy... 
