Excerpt from Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Vol. 2 of 2: With Copious Historical Illustrations, and Original Anecdotes Envoys soon after arrived at Berlin from all the courts of Germany, petitioning Napoleon to shew favour to their respective princes; but he would not hear the name Of the Duke Of Weimar mentioned, being as indignant against him as he was favourably disposed towards the duchess, whom he styled his cousin a distinction which was then Of no small importance. The Elector Of Hesse, also, wished to treat; but Napoleon was so much offended with him, that he would not receive his' envoy. As to him, said he, his reign is ended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.