Volume 5 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 5 (of 6) 38/64 "-- Cf. Rocquain, "Etat de la France au 18 Brumaire." (Reports by Lacuee, Fourcroy and Barbe-Marbois.)] [Footnote 3218: Charlotte de Sohr, "Napoleon en Belgique et en Hollande," 1811, vol.I., 243. (On a high functionary condemned for forgery and whom Napoleon kept in prison in spite of every solicitation.) "Never will I pardon those who squander the public funds.... Ah! parbleu! We should have the good old times of the contractors worse than ever if I did not show myself inexorable for these odious crimes."] [Footnote 3219: Stourm, ibid., I., 177. |