Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being Secret Letters From a Gentleman At Paris to a Nobleman in London) — volume 1
Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being Secret Letters From a Gentleman At Paris to a Nobleman in London) — volume 1
Goldsmith Lewis
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To a man so vain and so impatient, so accustomed to command andto intimidate, this suspension of his favourite plan was a considerabledisappointment, and not a little increased his bitter and irreconcilablehatred of Great Britain. Here, as well as in foreign countries, the multitude pay homage only toNapoleon's uninterrupted prosperity; without penetrating or consideringwhether it be the consequence of chance or of well-digested plans;whether he owes his successes to his own merit or to a blind... fortune. Heasserted in his speech to the constitutional authorities, immediatelyafter hostilities had commenced with England, that the war would be ofshort duration, and he firmly believed what he said. Had he by hisgunboats, or by his intrigues or threats, been enabled to extort a secondedition of the Peace of Amiens, after a warfare of some few months, allmouths would have been ready to exclaim, "Oh, the illustrious warrior!Oh, the profound politician!" Now, after three ineffectual campaigns onthe coast, when the extravagance and ambition of our Government haveextended the contagion of war over the Continent; when both our directoffers of peace, and the negotiations and mediations of our allies, havebeen declined by, or proved unavailing with, the Cabinet of St.
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