"Plenipotency" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... were decreed and celebrated; but the democratic spirit of the directors could brook neither the contemptuous disregard of their plan which Bonaparte had shown, nor his arrogant assumption of diplomatic plenipotence. Knowing how thoroughly their doctrine had permeated Piedmont, they had intended to make it a republic. It was exasperating, therefore, that through Bonaparte's meddling they found themselves still compelled ...
— The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Vol. I. (of IV.) • William Milligan Sloane |
