Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at napoleon i..
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Napoleon I..
Examples
-
Ms. Caro's husband is a stalwart admirer of Napoleon I.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
-
Ms. Caro's husband is a stalwart admirer of Napoleon I.
Sentimental Journeys Tobias Grey 2011
-
Besides the others mentioned already, I would add to visit Les Invalides, the rest home Louis IV built for his retired and invalid soldiers which is now mostly a museum but most importantly, the location of the tomb of Napoleon I.
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
-
Mr. KERLEO: And he tell me I have some papers I acquired when one house here in Versailles has been sold and it is papers what have been written by a valet of Napoleon I. STONE: Among the valet's papers was the formula for Napoleon's favorite Italian eau de cologne.
-
The mind of the patriot rebels when he is told that the worst tyranny and oppression has a natural fitness: he cannot be persuaded, for example, that the conquest of Prussia by Napoleon I. was either natural or necessary, or that any similar calamity befalling a nation should be a matter of indifference to the poet or philosopher.
The Sophist 2006
-
Napoleon I. on a yellow horse, were the only ornaments in that neat, but bare room.
Bel Ami 2003
-
Opposite the bookcase, between the windows, was a carved ebony cabinet filled with red morocco box-cases, and on the top of the cabinet stood a plaster statuette representing Napoleon I.
Balzac 2003
-
After their ignominious defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the French General Staff attributed the loss to lack of the dash and daring that had characterized French armies under Napoleon I.
Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998
-
After their ignominious defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, the French General Staff attributed the loss to lack of the dash and daring that had characterized French armies under Napoleon I.
Contrarian Investment Strategies: The Next Generation David Dreman 1998
-
They came back, very much as certain members of the French upper class nevertheless did work for Napoleon I.
On JFK: An Interview with Isaiah Berlin Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. 1998
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.