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and resulted in his overthrow and SUBJ
|sequent treacherous captivity in Turss

and resulted in his overthrow and sub
sequent treacherous captivity in Turss
key.
Ltstxyette was a major generalin the
American army at 193was but go when
he was wounded at Brandywine, but
22 when he raised supplies forhis army,
on his own credit at Baltimore, was
but 23swhen he stormcd the redoubt at
Yorktown; and was but 80 when the
French revolution raised him to the Of
lice OF commander-in-chief of the ma
tional guards.
Napoleon Bat0n0payte commencedh his
military career as an officer of artillery
at ~. He successfully commanded the
artillery at the siege Of Toulon at "a.
His splendid and victorious campaign
in Italy was performed at the age of
~. The following year, when he was
but IS, he gained battle after battle o.
yer the Austrians in Italy, conquered
Mantua, carried the war into. Austria,
ravaged the Tyrol, concluded an adj
vantageous peace, took possession of
Milan and the Venetian republic, rcvo-
lutionized Genoa, and formed the CT
salpine republic. At429, he received
the command of the army against T.
gypt; scattered the clouds of Name
luke cavalry; mastered Alexandria, A
boukir and Cairo, and wrested the land
lof the Pharoahs and Ptolemies from the
proud descendants of the prophet. At
SO he fell among the Parisians like a
thunderbolt, overthrow the direotoral
government, dispersed the council Of
five hundred and was proclaimed first
consul. Ats3l he crossed the Alps with
an army, and destroyed the Austrians
by blow at Marengo. At SO he es-
tablishcd the Code Napoleon; in the
same year he was elected consul for
life by the people; and at the age of 81
he was crowned emperor Of France.
= P0napioian, who was the greatest
lawyer Rome ever produced, was put
to death by Carraculla at the age Of SO.
He had eyenat thatgearly age, conpos-
Led mare Than fifty hook 3 on. legal spb-
|ieess so profound lcsrne a were kis
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n eselI l henev er the Judges We,
~ iiyided IN opinion, that Pampinian
should be followed. In fact, he wa
the great oracle of the Roman law be
fore he arrived at tho age Of 81.
William Pitt, the first earl Of Chath
am, was but 27when, asa member q
parliament, he waged the war of a ei
, ant against the corruptions Of Sir r.
!, bert Walpole.
The younger PIT was scarcely turn
ed OF go, when, with mastery power
ne grappled witi1sthe veterans Of par
Lament, in favor Of America.-At 2.
ne was called to the high and response
BILE trust Of chancellor Of the exchequel
Alta he was appointed first lord Of tn
treasury and chanecllor of the exche
quer. II was atthat time whenhe cam
forth in his might on the affairs Of tn
East Indies. Attic age Of 20, durin,
the first insanity Of George III, he raj
lied around the prince of Wales.
Edmund Burle, at the age Of 10
planned rcfutation Of the metaphysi
cal theories Of Berkeley and Hume. A
twenty he was in the temple, the adn,i
ration of its inmates, for the brillianc,
of his genius and.thc variety Of his ac
QUESTIONS. At 26 he published his ce
LIBERATED satire, entitled "a vindica.
ton Of Mature Society The same
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