[45] Napoleon in Exile, or a Voice from St. Helena, &c., by Barry E. O’Meara. 2 vols., London, 1822. Vol. ii. p. 127.
[46] Ibid., vol. i. p. 329.
[47] History of Buonaparte, price 6d. Printed by Cox, Son, & Baylis, 75 Great Queen Street.
[48] Vol. i. p. 209.
[49] Of Aboukir.
[50] Which probably gave details of the defeats of the French by Suwaroff, who is thus described in the Vienna Gazette (according to his portrait by Gillray, May 23, 1799): ‘This extraordinary man is now in the prime of life, six feet ten inches in height, never tastes either wine or spirits, takes but one meal a day, and every morning plunges into an ice bath; his wardrobe consists of a plain shirt, a white waistcoat and breeches, short boots, and a Russian cloak; he wears no covering on his head either by day or night; when tired, he wraps himself up in a blanket, and sleeps in the open air; he has fought twenty-nine pitched battles, and been in seventy-five engagements.’
[51] In the Times of November 15, 1799, we read of this dinner (November 7) that ‘Buonaparte gave the toast, “To the union of all Frenchmen.”’ The same paper records that Bonaparte had presented Moreau with a robe enriched with diamonds, which he brought from Egypt, and was valued at 10,000 livres. This probably purchased his aid in the coup d’état of the 18th Brumaire.
[52] A gross exaggeration, for he only had his coat torn by a Deputy who had sufficient courage to collar him.
[53] This was one of Fuseli’s celebrated ‘Milton Gallery,’ a series of 47 pictures, produced between the years 1790 and 1800.
[54] No. 8, Nov. 7, 1800.