The French revolution, sketches1799 - 80 стор. |
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... reign of terror " -Execution of the authors of the Festival of Reason - Danton's trial and execution Theatres in Paris - Remarkable scenes in the prisons - Character of the revolutionary courts , and anec- dotes - Prostration of ...
... reign of terror " -Execution of the authors of the Festival of Reason - Danton's trial and execution Theatres in Paris - Remarkable scenes in the prisons - Character of the revolutionary courts , and anec- dotes - Prostration of ...
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... reign of Louis XV . , the humanity of Europe had been outraged by the refinements of cruelty practised upon the half lunatic Damien , who had attempted the assassination of that monarch . His flesh was burned with instruments of hot ...
... reign of Louis XV . , the humanity of Europe had been outraged by the refinements of cruelty practised upon the half lunatic Damien , who had attempted the assassination of that monarch . His flesh was burned with instruments of hot ...
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... reign of his suc- cessor , Louis xv . , was stained by the grossly licentious manners of his court , which conta- minated in turn the morals of the community . Secluded in the recesses of his palace at Ver- sailles , this weak - minded ...
... reign of his suc- cessor , Louis xv . , was stained by the grossly licentious manners of his court , which conta- minated in turn the morals of the community . Secluded in the recesses of his palace at Ver- sailles , this weak - minded ...
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... reign , and that of his more immediate predecessors , the enormous sum of twenty millions sterling was expended in supplying the court with the materials of extravagance and criminal pleasure . Of Louis xv . it may truly be said , in ...
... reign , and that of his more immediate predecessors , the enormous sum of twenty millions sterling was expended in supplying the court with the materials of extravagance and criminal pleasure . Of Louis xv . it may truly be said , in ...
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... reign of Louis XVI . , a most impolitic principle had been adopted , of excluding all clergy , not of noble birth , from those benefices which were of a higher order . Although the lower class of the French clergy were frequently men of ...
... reign of Louis XVI . , a most impolitic principle had been adopted , of excluding all clergy , not of noble birth , from those benefices which were of a higher order . Although the lower class of the French clergy were frequently men of ...
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afterwards amidst amongst arms arrested atrocities attached Bastile blood body Calonne cause Champ de Mars CHAPTER Charlotte Corday church clergy Collot d'Herbois condemned constitution convention course court crimes cruelty Danton death declaration decreed deputies displayed doctrines dreadful effect endeavoured exclaimed execution followed formed France French revolution Girondists guillotine happiness head heart honour hour human hundred infidelity insult Jacobin Jacobin club king king's La Vendée labours ladies leaders liberty Llongwi Louis XVI lower orders Madame Madame Roland Marat measures ment metropolis Mirabeau misery moderate monarch morals National Assembly Neckar nobility occasion palace Paris party passions peasantry period political popular principle prison punishment queen racter reign replied republic Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre scaffold scene sentiments spectators spirit terror thee Thionville thou thousand throne tiers états tion trial troops Turgot unhappy Vendean Vendée vention Versailles victims violence wickedness writer young
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Сторінка 5 - ... all the symptoms which I have ever met with in history, previous to great changes and revolutions in Government, now exist, and daily increase in France.
Сторінка 9 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Сторінка 160 - His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing.
Сторінка 61 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Сторінка 135 - Job xxi. 15. They count him worthy neither to be loved nor feared They dare not behave with that slight and disregard towards one of their...
Сторінка 136 - LORD encampeth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 0 taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Сторінка 181 - But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?
Сторінка 52 - If for my consolation Monseigneur would grant me, for the sake of God and the Most Blessed Trinity, that I could have news of my dear wife; were it only her name on a card, to show that she is alive! It were the greatest consolation I could receive; and I should forever bless the greatness of Monseigneur.
Сторінка 22 - ... righteousness exalteth a nation, but" that "sin is a reproach to any people.
Сторінка 28 - God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day; but she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.