The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century - a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and (14771057834)

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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ing to be thus crowned, even by a Pope, Napo-leon took the diadem from the papal hand and himself placed it upon his ownhead. Then in like manner he crowned his wife Empress; and the two wentforth together to display themselves to the inhabitants of this new realm, whichthe whirligig of time had tumbled into existence—the French Empire. It was after this ceremony that Napoleon dropped the use of his familyname, Bonaparte, and, following the fashion of monarchs, signed himself andinsisted on being addressed by his first name only. Even here, however, wemust not accuse Frenchmen of deliberately voting away their own independ-ence. A jugglmg of names confused them. We find coins and papers of thisperiod endorsed by Napoleon, Emperor of the French Republic. The votewas but to change the title of a president who already held imperial authority. Foreign nations saw more clearly the dangerous importance of Napoleonsadvancing power, and difficulties gathered once more around France. England
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France—The Height of Napoleons Success 921 had already renewed the war against her. Frenchmen will tell you that this-was because the English were jealous of their prosperity and reviving com-merce. Perhaps these had something to do with it; perhaps the obvious ambi-tion and rising arrogance of the Emperor had more. At any rate, the strugglebetween the two nations was renewed, and Napoleon gathered an immensearmy of invasion at Boulogne. He planned, as so many French rulers haveplanned, to cross the channel and carry the war into Englands own unde-vastated land. But once more the mighty British navy saved the country. TheFrench fleet, which Napoleon was gathering to protect his passage, was drivenback by the English off Cape Finisterre; and at the same time another Euro-pean coalition was formed against France. This menace of his enemies was not unwelcome to her great chief. His hugearmy at Boulogne, useless now against England, need not be ignominiously dis-banded in defeat. With w