Part 38
“As for the Emperor of Russia, he is a man infinitely superior to these: he possesses wit, grace, information; he is fascinating, but he is not to be trusted: he is devoid of candour, a true _Greek of the Lower Empire_. At the same time he is not without ideology, real or assumed:—after all, it may only be a smattering derived from his education and his preceptor. Would you believe,” said the Emperor, “what I had to discuss with him? He maintained that inheritance is an abuse in monarchy, and I had to spend more than an hour, and employ all my eloquence and logic, in proving to him that this right constitutes the peace and happiness of the people. It may be, too, that he was mystifying; for he is cunning, false, and expert . . . . . . . . .; he will push his fortunes. If I die here, he will be my real heir in Europe. I alone was able to stop him with his deluge of Tartars. The crisis is great, and will have lasting effects upon the Continent of Europe, especially upon Constantinople: he was solicitous with me for the possession of it. I have had much coaxing on this subject; but I constantly turned a deaf ear to it. It was necessary that that empire, shattered as it appeared, should constantly remain a point of separation between us; it was the marsh that prevented my right from being turned. As to Greece, it is another matter!” And, after talking awhile upon that country, he renewed the subject: “Greece awaits a liberator! There will be a brilliant crown of glory! He will inscribe his name for ever with those of Homer, Plato, and Epaminondas!—I perhaps was not far from it, when, during my campaign in Italy, arrived on the shores of the Adriatic, I wrote to the Directory, that I had before my eyes the kingdom of Alexander!—Still later I entered into engagements with Ali Pacha; and when Corfu was taken from us, they must have found there ammunition and a complete equipment for an army of forty or fifty thousand men. I had caused maps to be made of Macedonia, Servia, Albania, &c. Greece, the Peloponnesus at least, must be the lot of that European power which shall possess Egypt. It should be ours.”
END OF VOL. I.
ANDOVER: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY B. BENSLEY.
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Footnotes
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Transcriber’s Note
The final line of text refers to the printer, but is not entirely legible. It would seem to refer to Benjamin Bensley (d. 1870).
Whoever he might have been, errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The issues tabulated below should be noted, along with the resolutions.
There were a number of instances in the text where quoted material was missing either an opening or closing quotation mark. The proper placement is not always obvious, but the most plausible choice has been made in each case.
10.21 “I have made no calculation about it,[”] I Moved. replied.[”]
38.1 which it would be necess[s]ary to employ Removed.
41.8 who had shewn me great attent[ent]ion Removed.
42.26 [“]let mine also be accomplished. Removed.
51.11 continued his way towards the Added. accom[m]odation-ladder
52.4 on bo[ra/ar]d the Bellerophon Transposed.
58.4 as if totally una[c]quainted with the language Added.
60.12 The quantity and arrang[e]ment of the matter Added.
61.1 the Gra[u/n]d Marshal and I always followed Inverted. him
62.31 had received Napoleon[s]’s pacific letter Removed.
64.40 the class of jurisprudence in [i/t]he Replaced. University of Pisa
73.11 who was posses[s]ed of great bodily as well as Added. mental vigour
75.40 Duchess de Vicenza.[’] Added. Probable.
80.32 an early introduction to Madame d[é/u] Replaced. Columbier
109.3 “_Vive notre petit Caporal!_[”] Removed.
125.27 said Napoleon. [“]You know but little of men, Added.
133.10 The Emperor explained these feeling[s] Added. surprisingly well
134.4 On his arr[r]ival in Egypt Removed.
168.29 the King mu[a/s]t have found his study Replaced.
190.18 may at a future period be renewed.[”] Added.
191.35 to bend the knee to him at his levee.[”] Added. Probable.
201.12 in ignorance of the character of Transposed. Maria-Lou[si/is]a
228.17 [“]The National Guard was ordered out Added. Probable.
231.6 than to the favo[n/u]r which it was intended Inverted.
269.16 [“]The following are the principal points Removed.
281.13 over the whole of the grounds[,/.] The Emperor Replaced.
284.39 [“]Each> system may, no doubt, be maintained Added. Probable.
330.28 then[./,] struck with the smell of the paint, Replaced.
333.34 his style is out of our line.[’]” Added.
334.34 [“]Our history,” said the Emperor, Added. Probable placement.
336.7 had been much alarmed[.] Added.
350.30 and we henceforth a[rg/gr]eed to pay the sums Transposed.
367.27 prepared to meet the enemy afte[r] seeing or Restored. reading it
385.15 to produce the best[s] effects Removed.
386.1 dining every Sunday in the Galerie de Diane[’] Removed.
386.39 [ve/ev]ery thing would have fallen into its Transposed. natural course.