introuvable

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"presque introuvable," produced the sum of 3_l. _ 3_s. _; and

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  • The Council of the Ancients had, however, already decided that a provisional executive commission should be appointed, composed of three members, and was about to name the members of the commission -- a measure which should have originated with the Five Hundred -- when Lucien came to acquaint Bonaparte that his chamber 'introuvable' was assembled. —  The Memoirs of Napoleon
  • The Council of the Ancients had, however, already decided that a provisional executive commission should be appointed, composed of three members, and was about to name the members of the commission--a measure which should have originated with the Five Hundred--when Lucien came to acquaint Bonaparte that his chamber 'introuvable' was assembled This chamber, which called itself the Council of the Five Hundred, though that Council was now nothing but a Council of Thirty, hastily passed a decree, the first article of which was as follows The Directory exists no longer; and the individuals hereafter named are no longer members of the national representation, on account of the excesses and illegal acts which they have constantly committed and more particularly the greatest part of them, in the sitting of this morning. —  The Memoirs of Napoleon, V3, 1799
  • The Council of the Ancients had, however, already decided that a provisional executive commission should be appointed, composed of three members, and was about to name the members of the commission--a measure which should have originated with the Five Hundred--when Lucien came to acquaint Bonaparte that his chamber 'introuvable' was assembled This chamber, which called itself the Council of the Five Hundred, though that Council was now nothing but a Council of Thirty, hastily passed a decree, the first article of which was as follows The Directory exists no longer; and the individuals hereafter named are no longer members of the national representation, on account of the excesses and illegal acts which they have constantly committed and more particularly the greatest part of them, in the sitting of this morning Then follow the names of sixty-one members expelled By other articles of the same decree the Council instituted a provisional commission, similar to that which the Ancients had proposed to appoint, resolved that the said commission should consist of three members, who should assume the title of Consuls; and nominated as Consuls Sieyes, Roger Ducos, and Bonaparte. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
  • 'introuvable' was assembled. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon
  • "presque introuvable," produced the sum of 3_l. _ 3_s. _; and —  Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
 

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