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... tion . It is this law of Nature which provides its slow but certain punishment . To scourge each successive faction which attains the head of affairs , another more hardy than itself arises , until the punishment has reached all the ...
... tion . It is this law of Nature which provides its slow but certain punishment . To scourge each successive faction which attains the head of affairs , another more hardy than itself arises , until the punishment has reached all the ...
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... tion.1 1 Lac . iii . 237 . The French leaders were not insensible to the Mig . i . 248 . danger arising from the attack of so formidable a coa- Plan of the lition ; but retreat was become impossible . By the Jacobins for resisting the ...
... tion.1 1 Lac . iii . 237 . The French leaders were not insensible to the Mig . i . 248 . danger arising from the attack of so formidable a coa- Plan of the lition ; but retreat was become impossible . By the Jacobins for resisting the ...
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... tion occasioned by the public disasters , was incessant- ly kept alive by the circulation of the most gloomy reports . Impelled by the imminent danger of his own situa- Mig . i . 251 . tion , dissatisfied with the measures of the Conven ...
... tion occasioned by the public disasters , was incessant- ly kept alive by the circulation of the most gloomy reports . Impelled by the imminent danger of his own situa- Mig . i . 251 . tion , dissatisfied with the measures of the Conven ...
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... tion of qualities so extraordinary , that , if it had not been established by undoubted testimony , it would have been deemed fabulous . Sombre , cruel , suspi- cious , the implacable enemy of merit or virtue of any kind , ever ready to ...
... tion of qualities so extraordinary , that , if it had not been established by undoubted testimony , it would have been deemed fabulous . Sombre , cruel , suspi- cious , the implacable enemy of merit or virtue of any kind , ever ready to ...
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... tion to the departments by extraordinary couriers . " These decisive measures , if adopted by the Assembly , would have destroyed the power of the Municipality , and the designs of the conspirators ; but they would have at once ...
... tion to the departments by extraordinary couriers . " These decisive measures , if adopted by the Assembly , would have destroyed the power of the Municipality , and the designs of the conspirators ; but they would have at once ...
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Page 572 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 132 - That it is a high infringement of the liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United Kingdom for any lord of Parliament, or other...
Page 340 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 424 - Committees were alone permitted to issue tickets, authorizing purchases of any sort; one species of bread, of coarse quality, was only allowed to be baked ; and to prevent the scandalous scenes which daily occurred at the bakers' shops, where a number of the poor passed a part of the night with the cord in their hands, it was...
Page 285 - Cabinet, in opposition to the demand and earnest wish of Cobourg and all the allied generals, which occasioned this fatal division. The impartial historian must confess with a sigh, that it was British interests which here interfered with the great objects of the war, and that by compelling the English contingent to separate for the siege of Dunkirk, England contributed to postpone for twenty years its glorious termination.
Page 400 - It is in an especial manner remarkable, in this dismal catalogue, how large a proportion of the victims of the Revolution were persons in the middling and lower ranks of life. The priests and nobles guillotined are only 2,413, while the persons of plebeian origin exceed 13,000!
Page 261 - ... if the waves should throw them undrowned on the shore. The citizens, with loud shrieks, implored the lives of the little innocents, and numbers offered to adopt them as their own ; but though a few were granted to their urgent entreaty, the greater part were doomed to destruction. Thus were consigned to the grave whole generations at once — ' the ornament of the present, the hope of the future.
Page 52 - When they arrived at the foot of the scaffold, she had the generosity to renounce, in favour of her companion, the privilege of being first executed. " Ascend first," said she ; " let me at least spare you the pain of seeing my blood flow.
Page 354 - On another occasion, twenty women of Poitou, chiefly the wives of peasants, were placed together on the chariot ; some died on the way, and the wretches guillotined their lifeless remains. One kept her infant in her bosom till she reached the foot of the scaffold ; the executioners tore the...
Page 96 - Orleans demanded only one favour, which was granted ; namely, that his execution should be postponed for twenty-four hours. In the interval he had a repast prepared with care, on which he feasted with more than usual avidity. When led out to execution, he gazed for a time with a smile on his countenance, on the Palais Royal, the scene of his former orgies ; he was detained above a quarter of an hour in front of that palace, by order of Robespierre, who had in vain asked his daughter's hand in marriage...