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Identifier: lifeofnapoleonbo00tarb (find matches)
Title: A life of Napoleon Boneparte:
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
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ave said that, wouldhave seemed to insult our desperate situation. The battle was won finally by the French through thefortunate arrival of Desaix with reenforcements and theimperturbable courage of the commander-in-chief. Bona-partes coolness was the marvel of those who surroundedhim. At the moment when the dead and the dying coveredthe earth, the Consul was constantly braving death. Hegave his orders with his accustomed coolness, and saw thestorm approach without seeming to fear it. Those who sawhim, forgetting the danger that menaced them, said: Whatif he should be killed ? Why does he not go back ? It issaid that General Berthier begged him to do so. Once General Berthier came to him to tell him that thearmy was giving way and that the retreat had commenced.Bonaparte said to him: General, you do not tell me thatwith sufficient coolness. This greatness of soul, this firm-ness, did not leave him in the greatest dangers. Whenthe Fifty-ninth Brigade reached the battle-field the action
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NAPOLEON THE GREAT CROSSING MOUNT ST. BERNARD, MAY, 180O. Engraved by Antonio Gilbert in 1809, under the direction of Longhi, afterportrait painted by David in 1805. Dedicated to the Prince Eugene Napoleonof France, Viceroy of Italy. It was soon after his return from Marengo thatNapoleon expressed a wish to be painted by David. The artist had long de-sired this work, and seized the opportunity eagerly. He asked the First Con-sul when he would pose for him. Pose! said Bonaparte. Do you suppose the great men of antiquityposed for their portraits? But I paint you for your time, for men who have seen you. They wouldlike to have it like you. • Like me! It is not the perfection of the features, a pimple on the nose,which makes resemblance. It is the character of the face that should be repre-sented. No one cares whether the portraits of great men look like them ornot. It is enough that their genius shines from the picture. I have never considered it in that way. But you are right, Citizen

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