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guardbesides；hessednyofhisfaithfuloldgenerals
theyweredead
earlyinjunehisaresenteredbelgiuonthe16th
ofthatnthhedefeatedtheprussiansunderblucherbut
asubordinatenderfailedtodestroytheretreatingar
ashehadbeenorderedtodo
tetonnearerloo
ithe18thofjune；asundayatthe
afteoon；thebattleseedhefrenchatthreea
speckofdustappearedupontheeastehorizonnapoleon
believedthatthisanttheapproachofhisoavalrywho
utheenglishdefeatintoaroutatfouroclock
hekercursingandsherdrove
hisdeathlytiredtroopsintotheheartofthefraytheshock
broketheranksoftheguardsnapoleonhadnofurtherreserves
hetoldhisntosavetheelvesasbesttheyuld；
andhefled
forasendti；heabdicatedinfavorofhissonjust
onehundreddaysafterhisescapefrolba；heaking
fortheastheintendedtogotoaricaintheyear
1803；foraresong；hehadsoldthefrenchlonyof
louisianadangerofbeingcapturedby
theenglishtotheyoungaricanrepublic‘‘thearicans；
sohesaid；‘‘ealittlebit
oflandandahouseayspendthelastdaysoflife
inpeaceandquietbuttheenglishfleetchingall
frenchharbourscaughtbetiesoftheallies
andtheshipsofthebritish；napoleonhadnochoicethe
prussiansintendedtoshoothitheenglishghtbere
generousatrochefortheething
ghttuuponenthaftererloo；hereceivedorders
froheneenttoleavefrenchsoilinside
oftyfourhoursalhetragedian；heealetter
totheprinceregentofenglandgeorgeiv；theking；was
inaninsaneasylunfoghisroyalhighnessofhis
intentionto‘‘throselfupontheriesand
likethestocles；tolookforaeatthefiresideofhis
foes
onthe15thofjulyheonboardthe‘‘bellerophon；
andsurrenderedhissiralhothaatplyuth
heberland
tosthelenatherehespentthelastsevenyearsofhis
lifehetriedtoeirs；hequarrelledhhis
keepersandhedreadofpasttiscuriouslyenoughhe
retuedatleastinhisiginationtohisoriginalpointof
departurehereeredthedaysthe
battlesoftherevolutionhetriedtonvincehielfthat
hehadalhetruefriendofthosegreatprinciplesof
‘‘liberty；frateityandequalityheraggedsoldiers
ofthenventionhadcarriedtotheendsoftheearthhe
likedtodnderinchiefand
nsulherarelyspokeoftheeiresotishe
thoughtofhisson；thedukeofreichstadt；thelittleeagle；
wholivedinvienn
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a；reatedasa‘‘poorrelation
byhisyounghabsburgusins；bledat
theveryntionofthenaofhie；
heroopstovictoryheorderedneytoattack
htheguardsthenhedied
butifyouanexplanationofthisstrangecareer；if
youreallyanuldpossiblyruleso
nypeopleforsonyyearsbythesheerforceofhiswill；
donotreadthebooksthathavebeentheir
authorseitherhatedtheeerororlovedhiyouwill
leanyfaportantto‘‘feelhistory
thantoknodontread；butuntilyouhaveachance
tohearagoodartistsingthesongcalled‘‘thetwogrenadiers
thean
poetusicwas
posedbyschunn；ageperor；
theeneofhisuntry；etovisithisierial
fatherinlahereforeisthewo
nohatethetyrant
goandhearitthenyouandathousand
volusuldnotpossiblytellyou
theholyalliance
assoonasnapoleonhadbeensentto
sthelenatherulersen
hadbeendefeatedbythehated
‘‘rsicantatviennaandtried
toundothenychangesthathad
beenbroughtaboutbythefrench
revolution
theierialhighnesses；theroyalhighnesses；their
gracesthedukes；thenistersextraordinaryandplenipotentiary；
togethery
ofsecretaries；servantsandhangerson；whoselabourshad
beensorudelyinterruptedbythesuddenretuoftheterrible
rsicannoeringunderthehotsunofsthelena
backtotheirjobsthevictoryedh
dinners；gardenpartiesandballsathenewandvery
shocking‘‘zothegreatscandaloftheladies
andgentleneeredthenuetoftheoldregi
foralstagenerationtheyhadlivedinretirentat
lastthedangeruponthe
subjectoftheterriblehardshipsheyhadsuffered
andtheyexpectedtoberepensedforeverypennythey
hadlostatthehandsoftheunspeakablejabinswhohad
daredtokilltheiranointedking；whohadabolishedwigsand
heshorttrousersoftheurtofversailles
fortheraggedpantaloonsoftheparisianslu
youythinkitabsurdthatishouldntionsucha
detailbut；ifyouplease；thengressofviennawasone
longsuanynthsthe
questionof‘‘shorttrousersvslongtrousersinterestedthe
delegatesrethanthefuturesettlentofthesaxonor
spanishproblehisjestythekingofprussiaso
farastoorderapairofshortones；thatheghtgivepublic
evidenptforeverythingrevolutionary
anothergepotentate；nottobeoutdoneinthisnoble
hatredfortherevolution；decreedthatalltaxess
hadpaidtothefrenchusurpershouldbepaidasend
titothelegititerulerafar
ercyofthersicanogreandsoon
froneblundertoanother；untilonegaspsandexclai
‘‘buteofhighheavendidnotthepeople
objectindeedbecausethepeopleterly
exhausted；e；didnotcarehappenedorhow
ortheyherewas
peacetheyiredofionand
refor
intheeightiesofthepreviouscenturytheyhadalldanced
aroundthetreeoflibertyprinceshaderacedtheiroks
andduchesseshaddancedthecargnolehtheirlackeys
inthehonestbeliefthatthellenniufequalityand
frateityhadatlastdahiseadof
thellenniuheyhadbeenvisitedbytherevolutionary
ssaryysoldiersintheirparlor
andhadstolenthefalyplateuedtoparisto
reporttohisgoventupontheenthusiashe
‘‘liberateduntryhadreceivedthenstitution；he
frenchpeoplehadpresentedtotheirgoodneighbours
heyhadheardhohelastoutbreakofrevolutionary
disorderinparishadbeensuppressedbyayoungofficer；called
bonaparte；orbuonaparte；uedhisgunsuponthe
b；theygaveasighofreliefalittlelessliberty；frateity
andequalityseedaverydesirablethingbuterelong；the
youngoffieoneof
thethreensulsofthefrenchrepublic；thensolensuland
finallyeerorasheuchreefficientthanany
rulerthathadeverbeenseenbefore；hishandpressedheavily
uponhispoorsubjeercyheiressed
theirsonsintohisares；herriedtheirdaughters
tohisgeneralsandhetooktheirpicturesandtheirsta