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Personal sketches of his own times, Vol. 2 (of 3)

Note 46 — PROMULGATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

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Another observation I cannot but make on this subject.—As events have turned out, Napoleon only sat down on the throne of France to keep it for the Bourbons. Had he remained a republican, as when we acknowledged and made peace with him, the names of the whole family of Louis would still have appeared on the pension list of England.

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