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The vanity of these philosophers would, doubtless, be gratified by forcing the rest of Europe and the civilized world to adopt their useless and chimerical innovations, and they might think it a triumph to see the inhabitant of the Hebrides date _ "Vendemiaire," _ [Alluding to the vintage.] or the parched West-Indian _ "Nivose;" _ but vanity is not on this, as it is on many other occasions, the leading principle.
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The vanity of these philosophers would, doubtless, be gratified by forcing the rest of Europe and the civilized world to adopt their useless and chimerical innovations, and they might think it a triumph to see the inhabitant of the Hebrides date _ "Vendemiaire," _ [Alluding to the vintage.] or the parched West-Indian _ "Nivose;" _ but vanity is not on this, as it is on many other occasions, the leading principle.
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On the 13th Vendemiaire, when General Bonaparte believed in the excellence of a Directory, it may be remembered that he aided his opinions by forty pieces of artillery, and by Colonel Murat at the head of his dragoons.
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Vendemiaire, the military Tartuffe, he threw aside the
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And of all that fair land of France, whose beauty is so bright and bravery is so famous, there is no spot greener or fairer than that one over which our travellers wended, and which stretches between the good towns of Vendemiaire and Nivose.
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And of all that fair land of France, whose beauty is so bright and bravery is so famous, there is no spot greener or fairer than that one over which our travellers wended, and which stretches between the good towns of Vendemiaire and Nivose.
Burlesques 2006
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He might say all is well, and to be able to enjoy the breath of my native land would alone increase my happiness; he fancied that he saw brighter days with the commencement of Vendemiaire year 5, corresponding to September, of 1796.
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The month of Vendemiaire is past, and our Directors still remain the same.
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The month of Vendemiaire is past, and our Directors still remain the same.
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He and his two colleagues, who were Sieyes and Roger Ducos, signed, on the 5th Nivose, a decree, setting forth that in future the only festivals to be celebrated by the Republic were the 1st Vendemiaire and the 14th of July, intending by this means to consecrate provisionally the recollection of the foundation of the Republic and of liberty.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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