"Pentarchy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... attention: and here the personal character of Napoleon gave him advantages of the first importance. The leaders of those brave bands were disposed to consider such a soldier as a very different sort of ruler from the Pentarchy of the Luxembourg; and their admiration for his person prepared them to listen to his terms. The first measures of the new government were obviously calculated to soothe their prejudices, and the general display ...
— The History of Napoleon Buonaparte • John Gibson Lockhart |
