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 o gQ CHAPEL OF THE INVALIDS.

The chapel belonging to the Hotel des Invalides, W here the bones of Bonaparte reposed in state for a ortnight, was continually .toed by hundreds of thou sands with unabated curiosity. It &quot;JJJ^ bv smalllamps from above, so arranged as to cast a tJemlus ray amid the darkness that reigned around, S day and nigbt the same, and heightenmg the Solemnly of the scene. Magnificent fau.gu.gs of pur- 1 velvet, studded with massy golden bees, were taste- y disposed at the entrance, while the banners of Austeri and many other battles, were wrc ,thed around the lofty columns, and shadowed the coffin o L who had won them. Our visit was on the la t m ornin&quot; before the interment, when none were adm - Ted but peers, and such as could obtain peers medals. Serti groups, might be seen some of &amp;gt;.to an-n regime, whose memories extended to the tunes royalty, when the blood .*

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&quot;u note, or in the prisons of the revolution. Arounc L coffin, on whose sides the initial N was deeply

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��wfaat would be the glory of the warnor, when judgeth the soul.

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