The London Quarterly Review, Volume 15Theodore Foster, 1817 |
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Page 17
... seen that the Vendean chiefs , who were really desirous of saving human life and mitiga- ting the horrors of civil war , succeeded in their noble endeavours , under far more difficult circumstances than those in which Cha- rette was at ...
... seen that the Vendean chiefs , who were really desirous of saving human life and mitiga- ting the horrors of civil war , succeeded in their noble endeavours , under far more difficult circumstances than those in which Cha- rette was at ...
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... seen their own party defeated . In spite , therefore , of their zeal , the Marchioness says there was a prevailing sense of fear , which their want of arms was not likely to remove . But their leader had the intellect , as well as the ...
... seen their own party defeated . In spite , therefore , of their zeal , the Marchioness says there was a prevailing sense of fear , which their want of arms was not likely to remove . But their leader had the intellect , as well as the ...
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... seen to display ; and , for the only time in his life , uttered an imprecation . Even when the atrocities which the accursed go- vernment of France enjoined , and which the generals and soldiers executed without remorse , had provoked ...
... seen to display ; and , for the only time in his life , uttered an imprecation . Even when the atrocities which the accursed go- vernment of France enjoined , and which the generals and soldiers executed without remorse , had provoked ...
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... seen ; and they who stood forth to resist its intolerable oppression , and its unutterable crimes , gave sufficient proof that they had always acted conscientiously according to their judgment . The troops seldom continued in a body ...
... seen ; and they who stood forth to resist its intolerable oppression , and its unutterable crimes , gave sufficient proof that they had always acted conscientiously according to their judgment . The troops seldom continued in a body ...
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... seen boys of twelve years . old slain in the ranks ; and he may be believed , for M. de Puisaye affirms that Boisguay , who commanded a division of 3000 men among the Chouans , was but fifteen . M. Berthre de Bourniseaux denies the ...
... seen boys of twelve years . old slain in the ranks ; and he may be believed , for M. de Puisaye affirms that Boisguay , who commanded a division of 3000 men among the Chouans , was but fifteen . M. Berthre de Bourniseaux denies the ...
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