Universal Classics Library
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150322044
Paperback|9781150322044
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1901 Excerpt: ... tion of ugliness. One might imagine he was endowed with this perfection by a fairy, as others are said to have been endowed with beauty. Nothing was wanting to complete it. Even his voice was the strangest that can well be imagined. I must confess that when I first saw him I was perfectly petrified. "Well," said Metternich, the next time he called on me, what do you think of him? That he is by no means handsome. That is very certain. Poor fellow He must be very unhappy if he is tender-hearted." I made the same remark to another friend who happened to call upon me that same day. I beg your pardon, said he, "you are quite mistaken. Prince Wenzel, ugly as he is, has made his conquests." "Impossible - I exclaimed; unless he happened to meet with a woman as frightful as himself." "By no means. The lady whose affections he won was very pretty. The affair made some noise not long since at Vienna." The gentleman who gave me these particulars mentioned Princess. I was confounded. I was assured that Prince Wenzel had had several such adventures, and that he had now become so confident that he never doubted his success with any woman. "Have a care of yourself," said my friend, who had made me thus far acquainted with the secret biography of the Monster Prince. "Upon my word," replied I, "you are right to put me on my guard, for he must possess infinite powers of seduction to have rendered himself agreeable to any woman. CHAPTER XXXVI. Letter from Fontainebleau--M. Corvisart--Visit to Malmaison--Josephine's Sorrow--My Opinion of Maria Louisa--Josephine's Projects--Future Duchess of Navarre--Approaching Departure of Napoleon for Elba--Augereau's Proclamation--The Emperor Leaves France--Commissioners Who Accompanied Him--General Bert rand. IReceived a letter...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150322044 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150322047 |
| Weight | 1.10 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.76 In |
| List Price | $25.51 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 338 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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