The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes 9-10; Volume 83; Volume 1901William Makepeace Thackeray Smith, Elder and Company, 1901 |
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... play cards ; we sat down to vingt - un . He showed me his snuffbox , on which were inlaid four silver antique coins , with a gold one on the side . Madame Bertrand told me he had found these himself at Rome . He did not play high at ...
... play cards ; we sat down to vingt - un . He showed me his snuffbox , on which were inlaid four silver antique coins , with a gold one on the side . Madame Bertrand told me he had found these himself at Rome . He did not play high at ...
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... played with his attendants at cards as usual : the English did not join . Monday 14th . - Napoleon asked at dinner a number of ques- tions relative to the Cape , and whether any communication was carried on by land with any other part ...
... played with his attendants at cards as usual : the English did not join . Monday 14th . - Napoleon asked at dinner a number of ques- tions relative to the Cape , and whether any communication was carried on by land with any other part ...
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... play at cards , refrained himself . Thursday 24th . - We were standing on and off in Funchal roads . The British Consul dined on board the Northumberland ; he was asked a number of questions about the island by Napoleon ; the heights ...
... play at cards , refrained himself . Thursday 24th . - We were standing on and off in Funchal roads . The British Consul dined on board the Northumberland ; he was asked a number of questions about the island by Napoleon ; the heights ...
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... plays at cards , never appears till dinner - time , and stays but a short time on deck . He writes a good deal , or rather dictates , for he writes so illegibly himself that he generally employs Las Cases as an amanuensis . The Admiral ...
... plays at cards , never appears till dinner - time , and stays but a short time on deck . He writes a good deal , or rather dictates , for he writes so illegibly himself that he generally employs Las Cases as an amanuensis . The Admiral ...
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... played with it and kept saying , ' Let us see what he will be at five - and - twenty . ' The Imperial Guard was massed as a reserve behind him , 36,000 strong . Their trumpets flourished , while the rest of the army strove for victory ...
... played with it and kept saying , ' Let us see what he will be at five - and - twenty . ' The Imperial Guard was massed as a reserve behind him , 36,000 strong . Their trumpets flourished , while the rest of the army strove for victory ...
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