History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, Volume 1Bell, 1890 - France |
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... hope , but still defended a fallen cause , gloriously resolute to maintain at least a monarchical power , and abandoning to the people , without a struggle , the spoils of the nobility and the church . Amongst these are Cazalès , the ...
... hope , but still defended a fallen cause , gloriously resolute to maintain at least a monarchical power , and abandoning to the people , without a struggle , the spoils of the nobility and the church . Amongst these are Cazalès , the ...
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... hope of an European intervention as a means of intimi- dating the Assembly , and compelling it to a reconciliation with him ; at other times he repulsed it as a crime . The state of his mind in this respect depended on the state of the ...
... hope of an European intervention as a means of intimi- dating the Assembly , and compelling it to a reconciliation with him ; at other times he repulsed it as a crime . The state of his mind in this respect depended on the state of the ...
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... hope to find no one disposed to aid their escape without the palace walls . VII . The Count de Fersen was the principal agent and confidant of this hazardous enterprise . Young , handsome , and ac- complished , he had been admitted ...
... hope to find no one disposed to aid their escape without the palace walls . VII . The Count de Fersen was the principal agent and confidant of this hazardous enterprise . Young , handsome , and ac- complished , he had been admitted ...
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... hope and safety to those whom she was so soon about to overwhelm with misfortunes , all the watchfulness of the guardians was in vain , and the Revolution suffered its prey for some time to escape . IX . The king and queen received , as ...
... hope and safety to those whom she was so soon about to overwhelm with misfortunes , all the watchfulness of the guardians was in vain , and the Revolution suffered its prey for some time to escape . IX . The king and queen received , as ...
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... hope is lost when no pity can be found in a woman's heart . The queen , indignant and hurt , retired with Madame Elizabeth and the children into two rooms at the top of the house , and there she burst into tears . The king , surrounded ...
... hope is lost when no pity can be found in a woman's heart . The queen , indignant and hurt , retired with Madame Elizabeth and the children into two rooms at the top of the house , and there she burst into tears . The king , surrounded ...
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