 ... together so that I might pass over. They answered that it was possible, but hazardous. I desired them to set about it instantly. In the course of a few hours they succeeded in effecting what the others had pronounced to be impossible, and I crossed...  Anecdotes of Napoleon Bonaparte and His Times - Page 4781855 - 504 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Angélique François Huchet comte de La Bédoyère - France - 1827 - 482 pages
...imbecilles had pronounced impossible ; and he crossed before the evening was over. Napoleon ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with him at the time. During the time that Bonaparte had been... | |
 | William Hamilton Reid - 1829 - 276 pages
...imbedlles had pronounced impossible ; and he crossed before the evening was over. Napoleon ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with him at the time. The situation of affairs in England... | |
 | 1849 - 530 pages
...imbecilles had pronounced impossible ; and he crossed before the evening was over. Napoleon ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with him at the time. The situation of affairs in England... | |
 | 1855 - 570 pages
...much, that the bridge of bouts over it was carried away. I was xery anxious to depart, and í'f'l' tiii all the boatmen in the pluce to be assembled, that...that YOU were a nation of merchants, and that all your créât riche«, and your grand resource«, arose from commerce. No man of sense oiiiilii to be... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1874 - 378 pages
...join a number of boats together, so that I might pass over. They answered that it was possible, but hazardous. I desired them to set about it instantly....worked at it, to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty." THE BEST TIME FOR MARRIAGE. The best time for marriage will be towards... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - 1885 - 610 pages
...what the others had pronounced to be impossible, and I crossed before the evening was over. I ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with me at the time." In December 1816 Las Cases was compelled... | |
 | Barry Edward O'Meara - 1889 - 458 pages
...what the imbeciles had pronounced impossible ; and I crossed before the evening was over. I ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with me at the time. ' When I landed at Elba/ added he, '... | |
 | Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne - France - 1891 - 500 pages
...what the others had pronounced to be impossible, and I crossed before the evening was over. I ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty. Marchand was with me at the time." In December 1816 Las Cases was compelled... | |
 | Edward Fraser - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - 1914 - 390 pages
...the other imbeciles had pronounced impossible, and I crossed before the evening was over. I ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each, a suit of clothes, and their liberty." Such was Napoleon's own version of the story of the bridge of Givet IN... | |
 | John Tregerthen Short - France--History--1789-1848 - 1914 - 440 pages
...the other imbeciles had pronounced impossible, and I crossed before the evening was over. I ordered those who had worked at it to receive a sum of money each and their liberty." It is probable that the Emperor was asleep at Little Givet when the bridge of boats... | |
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