...himself to." " I will tell you," replied the prince. " I have long known the French better than you. They will respect an old general wounded on the field...want nothing. I feel sure that there is a courier of tlu^ Emperor's on the road to know how I am." Non erat hoc tempus. No matter, this trustfulness of...

...generous-hearted old man could not understand his own danger. He said, ' I have long known the French, they will respect an old general wounded on the field of battle. I am sure there is a courier on the road, sent by the Emperor to know how I am.' On being told by his...

...courtesy with which he and his States would be treated by the French, see Ba1gnot, tome ip 307 : " I feel sure that there is a courier of the Emperor's on the road to know how I am." 1 This is a mistake. Bernadotte did not go to Hamburg till much later (see £rreurs, tome ip 9). The...

...the courtesy with which he and his States would be treated by the French, see Beugnot, tome ip SOT : "I feel sure that there is a courier of the Emperor's on the road to know how I am." 2 This is a mistake. Bernadotte did not go to Hamburg till much later (see 1806. AN IDEAL BANDIT. 59...

...consideration. 'I know the French,' he said to the minister who counselled flight from Brunswick, ' better than you do. They will respect an old general...wounded on the field of battle. The officers will give a ball, and go to the comedy, and flirt with the girls. See to their lodgings and that they lack nothing.'...