It is _in_ our Power. Look at his figure of the Greek
Slave.
_Richard III_. My friends think that I have a decided talent for the
stage. How can I be fitted for it?
_Answer_. By a theatrical costumer. Pay great attention to "Measure for
Measure."
_Debrett_. Who were the Knight's Companions of the Bath?
_Answer_. Towels and Soap.
* * * * *
NAPOLEON'S LATEST MANIFESTO TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
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True citizens of France I've the very great felicity--
It almost overpowers me as you well can understand;
To give to the proud triumph of my policy publicity,
Majority six millions. Ah! _Mon Dieu!_ but it is grand.
'Tis true the Empire's Capital, the centre of authority,
Went against me in a fit of Red Republican romance;
But the Provinces in rolling up their glorious majority
Have proved, despite of precedents, that Paris is not France.
Self-contained and unembarrassed, I awaited at the Tuileries
The issue, for I trusted the Nation's Common Sense;
And although the rowdy _Faubourgs_ tried a few of their Tom-fooleries,
My soldiers soon let light into each trumpery defence.
I smile in cold contempt at the Old-time Barricade tricks--
Each street, did I so order, were a cannon-swept defile,
I've bound Fortune to my Chariot, and defying all her jade tricks,
More in pity that in anger hear the roar of the _Canaille_.
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