Hortense

and hast seen by how ardent a desire for useful and durable improvements he was animated. Deign to approve this my last petition, and may this image of my husband bear me witness that my latest wish and my latest prayer were for him and for my children.\"

Death of Josephine.

Her last words were \"Island of Elba—Napoleon.\" It was the 29th of May, 1814. For four days her body remained laid out in state, surrounded with numerous tapers. \"Every road,


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and hast seen by how ardent a desire for useful and durable improvements he was animated. Deign to approve this my last petition, and may this image of my husband bear me witness that my latest wish and my latest prayer were for him and for my children.\"

Death of Josephine.

Her last words were \"Island of Elba—Napoleon.\" It was the 29th of May, 1814. For four days her body remained laid out in state, surrounded with numerous tapers. \"Every road,


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