Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, V4 : A Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London

By Goldsmith, Lewis

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Title:	Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, V4 : A Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London
Author:	Goldsmith, Lewis
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: LETTER XXXIII. PARIS, August, 1805. MY LORD:?The Italian subjects of Napoleon the First were far from displaying the same zeal and the same gratitude for his paternal care and kindness in taking upon himself the trouble of governing them, as we good Parisians have done. Notwithstanding that a brigade of our police agents and spies, drilled for years to applaud and to excite enthusiasm, proceeded as his advanced guard to raise the public spirit, the reception at Milan was cold and everything else but cordial and pleasing. The absence of duty did not escape his observation and resentment. Convinced, in his own mind, of the great blessing, prosperity, and liberty his victories and sovereignty have conferred on the inhabitants of the other side of the Alps, he ascribed their present passive or mutinous behaviour to the effect of foreign emissaries from Courts envious of his glory and jealous of his authority.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, v4, 1 -- A Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London, 1 -- LETTER XXXIII, 1 -- LETTER XXXIV, 3 -- LETTER XXXV, 5 -- LETTER XXXVI, 7 -- LETTER XXXVII, 10 -- LETTER XXXVIII, 14 -- LETTER XXXIX, 16 -- LETTER XL, 19