History of the Girondists: Or, Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution from Unpublished Sources, Volume 1Bell, 1890 - France |
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... longer have given it ; his star had paled its fires before that of the Revolution ; hurried to the verge of an unavoidable precipice by the very chariot he himself had set in motion , it was in vain that he clung to the tribune . The ...
... longer have given it ; his star had paled its fires before that of the Revolution ; hurried to the verge of an unavoidable precipice by the very chariot he himself had set in motion , it was in vain that he clung to the tribune . The ...
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... longer serve them when his cause no longer needs them . He speaks to men now only in the name of his genius . This title is enough to cause obedience to him . His power is based on the assent which truth finds in all minds , and his ...
... longer serve them when his cause no longer needs them . He speaks to men now only in the name of his genius . This title is enough to cause obedience to him . His power is based on the assent which truth finds in all minds , and his ...
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... longer any rival , but there were many envious . His eloquence , though popular in its style , was that of a patrician . His democracy was delivered from a lofty position , and comprised none of that covetousness and hate which excite ...
... longer any rival , but there were many envious . His eloquence , though popular in its style , was that of a patrician . His democracy was delivered from a lofty position , and comprised none of that covetousness and hate which excite ...
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... longer had any of the spoils of monarchy to cast before the people . Minister of a monarch in retirement , his own had been utter defeat . His last step conducted him out of the kingdom . The dis- armed king had remained the hostage of ...
... longer had any of the spoils of monarchy to cast before the people . Minister of a monarch in retirement , his own had been utter defeat . His last step conducted him out of the kingdom . The dis- armed king had remained the hostage of ...
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... longer to recognise a divine title in those authorities which deny reason and subjugate a people . So long as catholicism had been the sole legal doctrine in Europe , these murmuring revolts of mind had not overset empires . They had ...
... longer to recognise a divine title in those authorities which deny reason and subjugate a people . So long as catholicism had been the sole legal doctrine in Europe , these murmuring revolts of mind had not overset empires . They had ...
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