"Bonapartist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... family being exerted on his behalf, he received from the royal government not only the confirmation of his rank, but the assurance of being retained on the active list. To this was added an unlimited convalescent leave. The unfavourable opinion entertained of him in Bonapartist circles, though it rested on nothing more solid than the unsupported pronouncement of General Feraud, was directly responsible for General D'Hubert's retention on the active list. As to General Feraud, his rank was confirmed, too. It was more than he dared to expect; but ...
— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad
... 1889-90, observe the rapid succession of so-called "unexpected" events: The rise to the rule of Democracy in France; the restoration to power of the despotic Bonapartist empire, whence issued the revival of the nationalistic theory, leading on one side to revolution, on the other to conservative resistance and the supremacy of a warlike state like Prussia. We need go no further for the determining cause ...
— The Arena - Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 • Various
... longer employ[2] That enchanting couturiere, Madame LE ROI; But am forced now to have VICTORINE, who—deuce take her!— It seems is, at present, the King's mantua-maker— I mean of his party—and, tho' much the smartest, LE ROI is condemned as a rank Bonapartist.[3] Think, DOLL, how confounded I lookt—so well knowing The Colonel's opinions—my cheeks were quite glowing; I stammered out something—nay, even half named The legitimate sempstress, when, loud, he exclaimed, "Yes; yes, by the stitching 'tis plain to be seen "It was made by that Bourbonite bitch, ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al |
