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For his grotto was his own private and exclusive hermitage CHAPTER SIX THE BATTLE WITH THE SHEPHERD BOYS The relations between Napoleon and the shepherd boys of the Ajaccio hillsides were not improved by his unsatisfactory food-trade during his bread-and-water days Whenever he took his walks abroad in their direction, the belligerent shepherd boys made haste to annoy and attack him.— The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French
For his grotto was his own private and exclusive hermitage.— The Boy Life of Napoleon Afterwards Emperor of the French
In the Middle Ages the grotto was ascribed to the magic arts of Virgil.— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two
Directly behind the grotto was a forest of firs, from which I could collect an ample supply of wood for my fire, as also small branches to form my couch, should the ground prove damp.— In the Rocky Mountains
Next above the grotto is a small room hewn out of the rock, with sofas and pillows on each side the fireplace hewn out of the same rock.— Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894
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