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Title: The history of Hortense, daughter of Josephine, Queen of Holland, mother of Napoleon III
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
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Publisher: New York, Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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evalent in Hortensesapartment. It was, in truth, a regular soldierstent. Neither carpet nor arm-chair appearedthere; nothing that could indulge the body;nothing but books of science and arms of allkinds. As for himself, he was on horsebackat break of day, and before any one had risenin the castle he had ridden several leagues. Hethen went to work in his cabinet. Accustomedto military exercises, as good a rider as couldbe seen, he never let a day pass without devot-ing some hours to sword and lance practiceand the use*of infantry arms, which he managedwith extraordinary rapidity and address. His personal appearance at that time is thusgraphically sketched. ^ He is middle-sized, ofan agreeable countenance, and has a militaryair. To personal advantages he joins the moreseductive distinction of manners simple, natu-ral, and full of good taste and eaSe. At firstsight I was struck with his resemblance toPrince Eugene, and to the Empress Josephine,his grandmother. But I did not remark a like
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THE STUDY OF LOUIS NAPOLEON. 1833.) Life at Arenemberg. 309 His resemblance to the Emperor. resemblance to the Emperor. But by atten-tively observing the essential features, that is,those not depending on more or less fullnessor on more or less beard, we soon discover thatthe Napoleonic type is reproduced with aston-ishing fidelity. It is, in fact, the same loftyforehead, broad and straight, the same nose, offine proportions, the same gray eyes, thoughthe expression is milder. It is particularly thesame contour and inclination of the head. Thelatter especially, when the prince turns, is sofull of the Napoleon air, as to make a soldierof the Old Guard thrill at the sight. And ifthe eye rests on the outline of these forms, itis impossible not to be struck, as if before thehead of the Emperor, with the imposing grand-eur of the Eoman profile, of which the lines,so defined, so grave, I will even add and so sol-emn, are, as it were, the soul of great destinies. The distinguishing expressio

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