Metz Is A Large, Well Built And Strongly Fortified City.
Verdun, thro'
which we passed, became quite an English colony during the war from the
number of detenus of that nation who were compelled to reside there.
At
Epernay we drank a few bottles of Champagne and a toast was given by one of
the company, which met with general applause. It was Bon voyage to the
Allies who have now finally evacuated France to the great joy of the whole
nation, except of the towns where they were cantoned, where they
contributed much towards enriching the shopkeepers and inhabitants.
I remained in Paris six days and then proceeded to England.
[129] Le bonhomme Richard aux bonnes gens was not a "famous journal," as
only two numbers appeared in 1790 (M. Tourneux, Bibliographie de
l'histoire de Paris pendant la Revolution, vol. 11, p. 585, n. 10,
511). The publisher, Antoine-Francois Lemaitre, whom Major Erye
mentions in this passage, was the author of some other revolutionary
pamphlets, e.g., Lettres bougrement patriotiques, etc. - ED.
INDEX
Acheron, Lake.
Adam, Major-General commands Light Brigade of General
Sir H. Clinton's division.
Aix-la-Chapelle:
Hotel-de-Ville;
Cathedral;
relics of Charlemagne;
Napoleon's benefactions;
overbearing demeanour of Prussian soldiers;
Faro bank;
interesting Tyrolese girl;
baths.
Albanot Villa Doria,
ancient monument.
Albany, Countess of,
her claim to be the legitimate Queen of England;
Alfieri's attachment to.
Alexandria: Austrian Government destroys fortifications of
Alfieri: compared with Shakespeare, Schiller, and Voltaire,
monument erected to, by Canova;
his sonnet to Countess of Albany.
Alsace-Lorraine: severance of, from France anticipated by Prussian
officers.
Andernach: ruins of palace of Kings of Austrasia,
church containing embalmed body of Emperor Valentinian;
crossing of Rhine by Julius Caesar at.
Angouleme, Duchesse d': temperament and religious fanaticism of.
Antwerp: English families fly from Brussels to.
Archenholz: historian of the Seven Years' War.
Army of the Loire: exemplary conduct of, when disbanded.
Arona: colossal statue of St Charles Borromeus at.
Austria: fluctuations in the value of the paper currency of
Napoleon's policy as regarded.
Avernus, Lake.
Baciocchi, Princess Elise: sister of Napoleon and Sovereign of Lucca.
Baffo, Venetian poet.
Baiae: baths of Nero,
ruins of temples;
the Styx;
Elysian Fields.
Belgium:
dislike to severance from France;
feeling towards Holland;
attachment to Napoleon;
preparations for the Campaign;
all inhabitants requisitioned for the repair of fortifications.
Berlin: occupation of, after Jena,
excellent conduct of French troops of occupation;
excesses committed by troops of Rhenish Confederation;
insolent conduct of troops raised by Prince of Isenburg;
art treasures of, respected by French Republican Armies;
Unter den Linden;
Brandenburger Thor;
public buildings;
streets;
statues of great men in the Wilhelm Platz;
Churches;
the officers of the Army;
anecdote of Blucher.
Bern: attempts in 1815 to regain possession of the Canton de Vaud.
Bigottini: fine performance at the Grand Opera, Paris.
Bingen: Mausethurm,
Bishop Hatto.
Blacas, Vicomte de: at Court of Louis XVIII at Ghent.
Blucher: popularity of, in London,
encourages the excesses of his soldiery;
nicknames of;
narrowly escapes capture at Ligny;
saves English at Hougoumont;
anecdote related of.
Bohemia: dialect of.
Bologna: arcades,
remarkable picture in gallery of Count Marescalchi;
leaning tower;
lady-professor of Greek;
Carbonari;
theatre;
women;
barbarous dialect.
Bonn:
Electoral palace;
Roman antiquity;
legends of the Sieben Gebirge;
Das Heimliche Gericht.
Bordas, M, politics of.
Borgo San Donino, remarkable highway robbery at.
Borromean Islands, splendid villa in Isola Bella.
Bourbons, the: want of patriotism of the Duc de Berri,
their injudicious conduct;
Louis XVIII and Monsieur at Ghent;
amusing nickname of Louis XVIII;
dislike of the French people to;
their atrocious policy;
send emissaries to South of France from Coblentz;
unpopularity of;
fulsome adulation of;
cause removal of Sismondi from Geneva;
character of royal families of France, Spain, and Naples.
Brussels: description of,
historical associations;
Place du Sablon, celebrated fountain;
theatres;
humanity of inhabitants of, to the wounded after Waterloo.
Caffarelli, Statue of, in Palais du Luxembourg.
Canova, works of, in St Peter's,
master-pieces in his atelier in Rome;
character of his genius.
Capellen, Baron de,
proclamation of, to the inhabitants of Brussels.
Capua,
thievishness of lower classes of.
Carbonari, degrees and initiation,
object;
meaning of name.
Castlereagh, Lord: insolent letter of, respecting King of Saxony.
Catalani: singing of.
Ceylon: Frye's travels in.
Chalon: affection felt for Napoleon in,
Austrian officers in.
Charleroy: defeat of Prussian army at.
Chateaubriand: at the Court of Louis XVIII at Ghent.
Chatham, Earl of: indignation of, at employment of Indians in the War
of Independence.
Clermont: Peter the Hermit preaches First Crusade in,
petrifying well;
Swiss regiment;
anonymous denunciations;
method of cleansing town.
Coblentz: monument to Marceau,
Bourbon intrigues with Jacobins and Brissotins.
Code Napoleon: simplicity and advantages of, as compared with
English criminal law.
Cologne: Cathedral,
the three kings;
the eleven thousand virgins;
etymology of the name;
Jean-Marie Farina.
Cremona: Gothic buildings,
Campanile of Cathedral.
Consalvi, Cardinal: character and abilities of.
Campagna: limbs of quartered malefactors hung up on roadsides,
armed peasants;
the malaria.
David: pictures by, in Palais du Luxembourg.
De l'Epee, Abbe: founder of the Institution of the Sourds-Muets.
Dessaix: Statue of, in Palais du Luxembourg.
De Watteville: disbands his army.
Delille, Abbe, his poetry.
De Boigne, General: his great services to Scindiah,
unjustly accused of treachery towards Tippoo Sahb.
Didier: handed over by the Sardinian Government to the French,
his execution at Grenoble.
Dijon: the town,
manufactories of.
Dionigi, Mme: literary and artistic attainments of.
D'Orfei, Mme.
Dresden: The Japanischer Palast,
music in;
Prince Galhitzin;
the King;
bridge over the Elbe;
Marshal Davoust;
Grosser Garten;
Ressource Club;
etiquette;
title of "Rath";
theatres;
beds;
scholars.
Duchesnois, Mlle: fine acting of.
Egypt: striking testimony to the good done by the French in.
Ehrenbreitstein: flying bridge,
great natural strength;
beauty of women of.
Ellis, Col. Sir H.: perishes at Waterloo.
Emigres, the:
incorrigibility of;
ingratitude to Napoleon;
their foolish expectations;
efforts to cause restoration of lands formerly theirs.
Ens:
whirlpool;
the Waternixie.
Erfurt: legend of Count Gleichen.
Espinassy, General: republican principles of.
Eton: principles instilled into boys at.
Eustace, Mr:
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