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Burlesques

CHAPTER II
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This is the liberty worthy of Frenchmen.
"'Frenchmen! I promise you that the Rhine shall be restored to you; and that England shall rank no more among the nations.

I will have a marine that shall drive her ships from the seas; a few of my brave regiments will do the rest.

Henceforth, the traveller in that desert island shall ask, "Was it this wretched corner of the world that for a thousand years defied Frenchmen ?" "'Frenchmen, up and rally!--I have flung my banner to the breezes; 'tis surrounded by the faithful and the brave.

Up, and let our motto be, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, WAR ALL OVER THE WORLD! "'NAPOLEON III.
"'The Marshal of the Empire, HARICOT.' "Such is the Proclamation! such the hopes that a brutal-minded and bloody adventurer holds out to our country.

'War all over the world,' is the cry of the savage demon; and the fiends who have rallied round him echo it in concert.


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