History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1849 - France |
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... - seven years of age ; his features resembled those of his race , rendered somewhat heavy by the German blood of his mother , a princess of the house of Saxony . Fine blue eyes , very wide LOUIS XVI . 25 25 open , and clear rather.
... - seven years of age ; his features resembled those of his race , rendered somewhat heavy by the German blood of his mother , a princess of the house of Saxony . Fine blue eyes , very wide LOUIS XVI . 25 25 open , and clear rather.
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... eyes of that clear blue which recall the skies of the North or the waters of the Danube ; an aquiline nose , with nostrils open and slightly projecting , where emo- tions palpitate and courage is evidenced ; a large mouth , bril- liant ...
... eyes of that clear blue which recall the skies of the North or the waters of the Danube ; an aquiline nose , with nostrils open and slightly projecting , where emo- tions palpitate and courage is evidenced ; a large mouth , bril- liant ...
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... eyes a prisoner king , whom Europe would come and deliver from his thraldom . With them , patriotism and honor were at Coblentz . Overcome by numbers , without skilful leaders who understood how to gain immortal names by timely retreats ...
... eyes a prisoner king , whom Europe would come and deliver from his thraldom . With them , patriotism and honor were at Coblentz . Overcome by numbers , without skilful leaders who understood how to gain immortal names by timely retreats ...
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... eyes , much covered by their lids and very sharp at the extremities , were deeply buried in the cavities of their or- bits ; they gave out a soft blue hue , but it was vague and unfixed , like a steel reflector on which a light glances ...
... eyes , much covered by their lids and very sharp at the extremities , were deeply buried in the cavities of their or- bits ; they gave out a soft blue hue , but it was vague and unfixed , like a steel reflector on which a light glances ...
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... eyes , mouth , and all the facial muscles ; in regard- ing him it was perceptible that the whole of his features , like the labor of his mind , converged incessantly on a single point with such power that there was no waste of will in ...
... eyes , mouth , and all the facial muscles ; in regard- ing him it was perceptible that the whole of his features , like the labor of his mind , converged incessantly on a single point with such power that there was no waste of will in ...
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Page 493 - Bien moins jaloux de leur survivre Que de partager leur cercueil, Nous aurons le sublime orgueil De les venger ou de les suivre!
Page 493 - Amour sacré de la patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs ! Liberté ! Liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs ! Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents ! Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire ! Aux armes, etc.
Page 493 - Tremblez, tyrans, et vous, perfides, L'opprobre de tous les partis ; Tremblez ! vos projets parricides, Vont enfin recevoir leur prix ! Tout est soldat pour vous combattre ; S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros, La France en produit de nouveaux Contre vous tout prêts à se battre ! Aux armes, citoyens ! etc.
Page 31 - QUEEN. 29 in full sunlight — the extreme loveliness which the ideal conveys, and which by giving it life increases its attraction. With all these charms, a soul yearning to attach itself, a heart easily moved, but yet earnest in desire to fix itself ; a pensive and intelligent smile, with nothing of vacuity in it, nothing of preference or mere acquaintanceship in it, because it felt itself worthy of friendships. Such was Marie- Antoinette as a woman.
Page 17 - He was especially of his time, and his course bears no impress of infinity. Neither his character, his acts, nor his thoughts have the brand of HIS DEATH.
Page 21 - Human thought, like God, makes the world in its own image. Thought was revived by a philosophical age. It had to transform the social world. The French Revolution was therefore in its essence a sublime and impassioned spirituality. It had a divine and universal ideal. This is the reason why its passion spread beyond the frontiers of France. Those who limit, mutilate it. It was the accession of three moral sovereignties: — The sovereignty of right over force; The sovereignty of intelligence over...
Page 469 - Brisfsot, and Camille Desmoulins. Romme, a mystical republican, infused into her mind the German spirit of illuminatism. Youth, love, revenge, and the contact with this furnace of a revolution, had turned her head, and she lived in the intoxication of passions, ideas, and pleasures. Connected at first with the great innovators of '89, she had passed from their arms into those of rich voluptuaries, who purchased her charms dearly. Courtezan of opulence, she became the voluntary prostitute of the people...
Page 492 - Français, pour nous, ah ! quel outrage ! Quels transports il doit exciter ! C'est nous qu'on ose méditer De rendre à l'antique esclavage ! Aux armes, citoyens ! etc. Quoi ! ces cohortes étrangères Feraient la loi dans nos foyers...
Page 197 - France to strengthen with the most perfect liberty the bases of a monarchical government, equally conformable to the rights of sovereigns and the welfare of the French nation.
Page 38 - ... she undertakes to recount. Maximilien Robespierre was born at Arras, of a poor family, honest and respectable ; his father, who died in Germany, was of English origin. This may explain the shade of Puritanism in his character. The bishop of Arras had defrayed the cost of his education. Young Maximilien had distinguished himself on leaving college by a studious life, and austere manners. Literature and the bar shared his time. The philosophy of Jean Jacques Rousseau had made a profound impression...