The History of the French Revolution, Volumen1A. Hart, 1850 |
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... present day , 2140 decrees relative to administration or legislation - Opening of the National Convention - Abolition of royalty - Proclamation of the republic . 22. Commencement of the republican era - Decree ordaining the renewal of ...
... present day , 2140 decrees relative to administration or legislation - Opening of the National Convention - Abolition of royalty - Proclamation of the republic . 22. Commencement of the republican era - Decree ordaining the renewal of ...
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... present more at tractions than that of M. Mignet — for this plain reason , that although it contains less of what has been called , " the philosophy of history , ' it is of a far more animated , practical , and dramatic character ...
... present more at tractions than that of M. Mignet — for this plain reason , that although it contains less of what has been called , " the philosophy of history , ' it is of a far more animated , practical , and dramatic character ...
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... present , the promise of promotion , the smiles of a beautiful wife or mistress , could , in seven cases out of ten , sway the decision of a judge . Criminal commissions , the members of which were nominated by the crown , were ...
... present , the promise of promotion , the smiles of a beautiful wife or mistress , could , in seven cases out of ten , sway the decision of a judge . Criminal commissions , the members of which were nominated by the crown , were ...
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... present a dramatic picture of the most striking character . We see in the foreground groups of rejoicing , con- stitutional patriots ; Mirabeau is there , with the eloquent leaders of the Gironde , whom Dumouriez has styled , and not ...
... present a dramatic picture of the most striking character . We see in the foreground groups of rejoicing , con- stitutional patriots ; Mirabeau is there , with the eloquent leaders of the Gironde , whom Dumouriez has styled , and not ...
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... present the edict enacting the creation of the suc cessive loan and the convocation of the States - General in five years . No explanation had been given respecting the nature of this sitting , and it was not known whether it was રી ...
... present the edict enacting the creation of the suc cessive loan and the convocation of the States - General in five years . No explanation had been given respecting the nature of this sitting , and it was not known whether it was રી ...
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10th of August accused afterwards agitation amidst appeared appointed arms army arrived assignats attack Austrians authority Barbaroux Barnave battalions Brissot cause Champ de Mars citizens Clairfayt clergy command commissioners committee commune conceived constitution Convention council courage court danger Danton death declared decree defend demanded departments deputies Duke of Orleans Dumouriez emigrants enemy excited execution favour force formed France French friends Gironde Girondins Guadet insurrection Jacobins King King's La Vendée Lafayette lastly legislative liberty Louis XVI Louvet Madame majesty Marat means measures minister Mirabeau monarch municipality murder National Assembly national guard Necker nobility obliged officers opinion palace Paris party passed patriots persons Petion popular present prince prisoners proposed Prussians Queen refused replied republic republican Revolution revolutionary revolutionary tribunal Robespierre Roland sans-culottes Santerre sections sent side soon States-General thousand threatened tion tribunal troops Vendeans Vendée Vergniaud violent voted wished
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Página 129 - WE SWEAR to be for ever faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the King ; to maintain with all our power the constitution decreed by the National Assembly, and accepted by the King ; and to remain united to all Frenchmen by indissoluble ties of fraternity.
Página xii - Are what ten thousand envy and adore: All, all look up, with reverential Awe, At Crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the Law: While Truth, Worth, Wisdom, daily they decry — "Nothing is Sacred now but Villainy.
Página 157 - I swear to be faithful to the nation, to the law, and to the king, and to maintain, to the utmost of my power, the constitution decreed by the National Assembly and accepted by the king.
Página 313 - France, but are solely desirous to deliver the King, the Queen, and the royal family from their captivity...
Página 61 - State, the people on the one hand, and the Government on the other, with reciprocal rights and duties.
Página 68 - deputations of citizens" have been here, passionate for arms; whom De Launay has got dismissed by soft speeches through port-holes. Towards noon, Elector Thuriot de la Rosiere gains admittance; finds De Launay indisposed for surrender; nay disposed for blowing up the place rather. Thuriot mounts with him to the battlements: heaps of paving-stones, old iron and missiles lie piled; cannon all duly levelled; in every embrasure a cannon, — only drawn back a little! But...
Página 407 - Elisabeth's room, where we played at ball, and battledore and shuttlecock. In the evening the family sat round a table, while the Queen read to them from books of history, or other works proper to instruct and amuse the children.
Página 390 - To a very beautiful person, Madame Roland united great powers of intellect ; her reputation stood very high, and her friends never spoke of her but with the most profound respect. In character she was a Cornelia ; and had she been blessed with sons, would have educated them like the Gracchi. The simplicity of her dress did not detract from her...
Página 141 - Marat, lifted in the arms of some sappers, his brow encircled by a wreath of oak, was borne in triumph to the middle of the hall. A sapper stepped forward from the crowd, presented himself at the bar, and said, " Citizen president, we bring you the worthy Marat. Marat has always been the friend of the people, and the people will always be the friends of Marat. If Marat's head must fall, the head of the sapper shall fall first.
Página 312 - Emperor, and by invading his provinces of the Low Countries. Some of the possessions belonging to the German empire have been equally exposed to the same oppression, and many others have only avoided the danger, by yielding to the imperious threats of the domineering party and their emissaries.