PAGE CHAP. I.--Corsica--Family of Buonaparte--Napoleon born 15th August, 1769--His early Habits--Sent to the Royal Military School at Brienne--His great Progress in Mathematical Science--Deficiency in Classical Literature--Anecdotes--Removed to the General School of Paris--When in his Seventeenth Year, appointed Second Lieutenant of Artillery--His early Politics--Promoted to a Captaincy--Pascal Paoli--Napoleon sides with the French Government against Paoli--And is Banished from Corsica--Visits Marseilles, and Publishes the Souper de Beaucaire, 1 CHAP. II.--Siege of Toulon--Recapitulation--Buonaparte appointed to the Command of the Artillery at Toulon--Finds every thing in Disorder--His Plan…
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