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de tout temps, in every period of his life

1. 23. René Savary, duc de Rovigo (1774 — 1833), gênerai, and minister of police under Napoléon. Has left some important mé??ioires pour servir (1828, 8 vols. 8vo.).

1. 25. de la Moscowa^ also called of Borodino, fought September 7,

P. 50, 1. I. Mathieu, coîtnt Dimias (1753 — 1837). His précis des éi>énei?ients militaires combines the accuracy of a chronicler with the beauty of style of a consummate writer.

I. 9. le genre ad7jiis, the nature (of the composition) being once taken into considération.

II. 13 — 21. le papier-momtaie, etc. Paper-money does not take specie ont of the empire, but it allows it to remain unproductive in small quantities...; it is the same with provisions, they must circulate, in order that fruitful districts may assist the less favoured provinces; the same sack of corn which can satisfy only one appetite must quiet ten imaginations in a market, just as a three-franc pièce satisfies ten creditors on a fair-day.

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