Possibly also the French commissioners and agents, who levied blackmail or selected pictures, may have had some share in the shaping of the Directorial policy: at least, it is certain that some of them, notably Salicetti, amassed a large fortune from the plunder of Leghorn.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Despite their illegal devices, the elections of 1798 and 1799 for the renewal of a third part of the legislative Councils had signally strengthened the anti-Directorial ranks.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Whoever goes to the Directorial presence under this passport, with this offensive comment and foul explanation, goes, in the avowed sense of the court to which he is sent, as the instrument of a government dissociated from the interests and wishes of the nation, for the purpose of cheating both the people of France and the people of England.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. V. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke