Memoirs of Adj. Gen. Ramel: Containing Certain Facts Relative to the Eighteenth Fructidor, His Exile to Cayenne, and Escape from Thence with Pichegru, Barthelemy, Willot, Aubry, Dossonville, Larue, and Le Tellier ...S. Kitton, 1805 - 243 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 38
עמוד 34
... ourselves , the Com- mander , Dutertre , ordered us to be conducted into a dark filthy prison . He watched our looks at the moment we were made to alight from the carriages , to enter this dungeon ; when enraged that none of us appeared ...
... ourselves , the Com- mander , Dutertre , ordered us to be conducted into a dark filthy prison . He watched our looks at the moment we were made to alight from the carriages , to enter this dungeon ; when enraged that none of us appeared ...
עמוד 44
... September we passed the night at Amboise , and were lodged in so narrow a room , that we had not space enough to stretch ourselves upon the straw : we longed to be at Tours , where we hoped to enjoy a little rest 44 MEMOIRS OF.
... September we passed the night at Amboise , and were lodged in so narrow a room , that we had not space enough to stretch ourselves upon the straw : we longed to be at Tours , where we hoped to enjoy a little rest 44 MEMOIRS OF.
עמוד 48
... ourselves of so favour- able an opportunity , and I must confess I was of that opinion . my fellow - sufferers behind ; but then I felt a most anxious desire that they would all agree upon making their escape . Unfortunately they were ...
... ourselves of so favour- able an opportunity , and I must confess I was of that opinion . my fellow - sufferers behind ; but then I felt a most anxious desire that they would all agree upon making their escape . Unfortunately they were ...
עמוד 56
... ourselves that the Directory , having turned out the Party which they had most reason to be afraid of , on account of the favour it stood in with the public , and eased of their fears by the lethargy in which the Nation seemed buried ...
... ourselves that the Directory , having turned out the Party which they had most reason to be afraid of , on account of the favour it stood in with the public , and eased of their fears by the lethargy in which the Nation seemed buried ...
עמוד 74
... ourselves of it . We were denied the most trifling relief , and the most indispensible utensils for common pur- poses : we four Prisoners in the hold , asked for a little straw , or some means or other to defend us from the bruises we ...
... ourselves of it . We were denied the most trifling relief , and the most indispensible utensils for common pur- poses : we four Prisoners in the hold , asked for a little straw , or some means or other to defend us from the bruises we ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
MEMOIRS OF ADJ GEN RAMEL <span dir=ltr>Jean Piere 1768-1815 Ramel</span>,<span dir=ltr>C. L. Tr Pelichet</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
MEMOIRS OF ADJ GEN RAMEL <span dir=ltr>Jean Piere 1768-1815 Ramel</span>,<span dir=ltr>C. L. Tr Pelichet</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2016 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
18th Fructidor Aberdeenshire-Militia adieus Aimé already Alsace anchor arms arrived Aubry Augereau Barrick Barthelemy Berbice Billaud Varennes Blanchard boat Buckinghamshire Burnham-Market canoe Captain Laporte Captain Tilly carriages Cayenne coast command companions confined copies Council crew deck Desvieux Directory Dominique Dossonville dreadful Dutertre English escape Escort exiles Fakenham favour fort Orange France French friends gave Gentlemen give Governor Grenadiers guard Guillet heard Hertfordshire hundred inhabitants Jeannet John Kitton Lafond land Larue leagues leave Legislative Body lemy liberty Lieutenant London Louis XVI manner Marbois ment misfortunes Monte Krick morning Murinais negroes never night Norfolk Miss Norfolk Rev North Creak Norwich o'clock officer ourselves Paramaribo passed Pichegru prison Ramel received river sailors Sedgeford sent sentries September ship shore Sinamary situation Skyrack soldiers Sotin suffered Surinam Tellier thing Thursford tion took Tronçon du Coudray Vaillante vessel voyage William Willot wished wretched Yorkshire
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 71 - These men had formerly been selected from among the revolutionary bands of the committee of Nantes, so famous in the annals of terror by the...
עמוד 38 - We passed the remainder of the day and the following night in incessant and interesting conversation.
עמוד 61 - At last, contrary to our expectation, we all met again on. board the corvette la Vaillante, commanded by Captain Julien, who, as he received us on board...
עמוד 40 - Captain Gauthier, who commanded the cavalry of the Escort, repulsed the wretches who were the ringleaders of the Mob. We could plainly observe very different impressions upon the minds of this assembly : " There they are," exclaimed some of them, " these are the villains " who killed our King, they have loaded us *e with taxes, they eat our bread, and are the
עמוד 208 - ... myself in particular, are at your command." The speech was worthy of Amadis de Gaul himself. But wherever the honest Dutchman learned the tone, it had the better distinction of being followed up by active good-nature. The colonists went hand in hand with their honest governor in hospitality, the town was illuminated, the garrison and the colonial militia were under arms, and the fugitives landed under the universal discharge of musketry and cannon from the town and the ships. All was huzzaing,...
עמוד 4 - Directory, an order to repair to Paris, to take the command of the guard of the Legislative Body ; to which I had been appointed by the choice of the two Councils.
עמוד 209 - ... of the inhabitants of Surinam, the flourishing state of that colony, the smiling...
עמוד 66 - " you will not only destroy us in a very few " days, but you will create an infection in your " ship, and lose your crew." " Well," said the Captain as he turned away, " I shall see " what I can do, when we are out of sight of
עמוד 65 - To observe to you, that the bis" cuit which has been given us is a kind of food " to which none of us are accustomed...
עמוד 156 - Lafond, who messed together, were both taken ill almost at the same time : a few hours after, they began to vomit violently, and the most alarming symptoms appeared in both. They were in excruciating and incessant pain. We immediately wrote to Jeannet, to request a favour that was never denied even to the vilest criminals ; but he refused to have our friends removed to the hospital.