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Ch. VII.]
the Emperor Napoleon.
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CHAPTER VII.

Good humour there, and gay good will,
And each still pleased in pleasing still.—Neele.

But first he flew, I forgot to say,
That he hover'd a moment upon his way
To look upon Leipsie plain.—Byron.

THE SEVRES CHINA.—NAPOLEON DISPLAYING AND EXPLAINING ITS DEVICES.—HIS GOOD NATURE IN FORWARDING THE AMUSEMENTS OF CHILDREN.—THE MICE.—BLINDMAN'S BUFF.

THE emperor possessed a splendid set of china, of the Sevres manufacture, which had been executed at an enormous cost, and presented to him by the city of Paris. The service was now unpacking, and he sent for us to see them. They were painted by the first artists in Paris, and were most lovely. Each plate cost twenty-five Napoleons.

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