Napoleon defeated the allied Russian and
Prussian
armies
at Lutzen, May 2, 1813.
at Lutzen, May 2, 1813.
Byron
wishes for the preservation of his health and the
prosperity of his journey. He replied, 'I never was better; if I carried
the devil with me, I should be all the better for that (_Quand j'aurai
le diable je ne m'en porterai que mieux_). ' These were his last words.
He then mounted the humble sledge, which bore Caesar and his fortune, and
disappeared. " The passage is quoted in the _Quarterly Review_, October,
1815, vol. xiv. pp. 64-68. ]
[289] {553}
["Soldats Francais! Serrez vos rangs!
Intendez Roland qui vous crie!
Armez vous contre vos tyrans!
Brisez les fers de la patrie. "
"L'Ombre de Roland," _Morning Chronicle_, October 10, 1822. ]
[290] [Gustavus Adolphus fell at the great battle of Lutzen, in
November, 1632.
Napoleon defeated the allied Russian and Prussian armies
at Lutzen, May 2, 1813. ]
[291] [On June 26, 1813, Napoleon re-entered Dresden, and on the 27th
repulsed the allied sovereigns, the Emperors of Russia and Prussia, with
tremendous loss. Thousands of prisoners and a great quantity of cannon
were taken. ]
[ea]
_Dresden beholds three nations fly once more_
_Before the lash they oft had felt before_. --[MS. erased. ]
[292] [At the battle of Leipzig, October 18, 1813, on the appearance of
Bernadotte, the Saxon soldiers under Regnier deserted and went over to
the Allies. Napoleon, whose army was already weakened, lost 30,000 men
at Leipzig. ]
[293] [Joseph Buonaparte, who had been stationed on the heights of
Montmartre, March 30, 1814, to witness if not direct the defence of
Paris against the Allies under Blucher, authorized Marmont to
capitulate. His action was, unjustly, regarded as a betrayal of his
brother's capital. ]
[294] {554} I refer the reader to the first address of Prometheus in
AEschylus, when he is left alone by his attendants, and before the
arrival of the chorus of Sea-nymphs. --_Prometheus Vinctus_, line 88,
_sq. _
[295] [Franklin published his _Opinions and Conjectures concerning the
Properties and Effects of the Electrical Matter and the Means of
preserving Buildings, Ships, etc. , from Lightning_, in 1751, and in
June, 1752, "the immortal kite was flown. " It was in 1781, when he was
minister plenipotentiary at the Court of France, that the Latin
hexameter, "Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis," first applied to
him by Turgot, was affixed to his portrait by Fragonard. The line, said
to be an adaptation of a line in the _Astronomicon_ of Manilius (lib.
prosperity of his journey. He replied, 'I never was better; if I carried
the devil with me, I should be all the better for that (_Quand j'aurai
le diable je ne m'en porterai que mieux_). ' These were his last words.
He then mounted the humble sledge, which bore Caesar and his fortune, and
disappeared. " The passage is quoted in the _Quarterly Review_, October,
1815, vol. xiv. pp. 64-68. ]
[289] {553}
["Soldats Francais! Serrez vos rangs!
Intendez Roland qui vous crie!
Armez vous contre vos tyrans!
Brisez les fers de la patrie. "
"L'Ombre de Roland," _Morning Chronicle_, October 10, 1822. ]
[290] [Gustavus Adolphus fell at the great battle of Lutzen, in
November, 1632.
Napoleon defeated the allied Russian and Prussian armies
at Lutzen, May 2, 1813. ]
[291] [On June 26, 1813, Napoleon re-entered Dresden, and on the 27th
repulsed the allied sovereigns, the Emperors of Russia and Prussia, with
tremendous loss. Thousands of prisoners and a great quantity of cannon
were taken. ]
[ea]
_Dresden beholds three nations fly once more_
_Before the lash they oft had felt before_. --[MS. erased. ]
[292] [At the battle of Leipzig, October 18, 1813, on the appearance of
Bernadotte, the Saxon soldiers under Regnier deserted and went over to
the Allies. Napoleon, whose army was already weakened, lost 30,000 men
at Leipzig. ]
[293] [Joseph Buonaparte, who had been stationed on the heights of
Montmartre, March 30, 1814, to witness if not direct the defence of
Paris against the Allies under Blucher, authorized Marmont to
capitulate. His action was, unjustly, regarded as a betrayal of his
brother's capital. ]
[294] {554} I refer the reader to the first address of Prometheus in
AEschylus, when he is left alone by his attendants, and before the
arrival of the chorus of Sea-nymphs. --_Prometheus Vinctus_, line 88,
_sq. _
[295] [Franklin published his _Opinions and Conjectures concerning the
Properties and Effects of the Electrical Matter and the Means of
preserving Buildings, Ships, etc. , from Lightning_, in 1751, and in
June, 1752, "the immortal kite was flown. " It was in 1781, when he was
minister plenipotentiary at the Court of France, that the Latin
hexameter, "Eripuit coelo fulmen sceptrumque tyrannis," first applied to
him by Turgot, was affixed to his portrait by Fragonard. The line, said
to be an adaptation of a line in the _Astronomicon_ of Manilius (lib.
