cessantly from my pen, destined to retrace them even to my last
hour."

[46] The reader will easily perceive, that the end of this chapter was
written at the time of Napoleon's landing from Elba. Not a word of it
has been altered, for the author is convinced that it is an accurate
picture of France in its present state.

[47] "A Frenchman, (says Madame de Stael, with great truth,) can still
continue to speak, even when he has no ideas."

[48] "Their trifling, naturally intended for the toilet, seems to have
become accessary to the formation of the general character of the
nation: They trifle in council, they trifle at the head of an army, they
trifle with an ambassador."

[49] "Gentlemen, it is impossible to deceive persons enlightened as you
are; I am absolutely going to cut off the head of this child: But before
commencing, I must let you see that I am no quack. Well, in the
meantime, as an exordium, Who is there among you who has the toothache?"
"I," exclaimed instantly a sturdy peasant, &c.

[50] "Gentlemen, in the universe there is but one sun; in the kingdom of
France there is but one king; in the science of medicine there is
Charini alone."

[51] "You are a Scotchman?" 'Yes, Sir.' "Oh, how droll that is." 'And
how is it droll, Sir?' "It is the country of Napoleon. It is an island,
is it not?" 'Certainly not, Sir.' "On my faith, I thought they always
called it the Island of Corse."

[52] "Give a supper; that will make every body run."

[53] "Even if Old Nick should ring his supper-bell, The French would
lick their lips, and flock to H--II."

[54] "Down with the tyrant! Down with the soldiers! Long live the
Emperor! Long live the Marshals! Long live the army! Long live Louis,
the wished-for Monarch! Long live the descendant of Good Henry IV.! Long
live the nation! No feudal laws! No Kings! No nobility! No assessed
taxes! No conscription."

[55] "Long life to death!"

[56] "Who, after having sacrificed millions of victims, could not die
like a soldier."

ERRATA. [Transcriber's note: already corrected.]

Page 20. line 3. for _a_ read _est_.
21. 18. after _sont_ insert _de_.
97. 6. for _les_ read _des_.
156. last line, for _c'est_ read _ce m'est_.
272. line 20. for _des_ read _de_.
273. 17. for _des_ read _de_.

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1814-1815, by Archibald Alison and Patrick Fraser Tytler