Lectures on the History of the French Revolution, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1855 - France |
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... existence , and had sat motionless and silent even while surrounded by his family ; for ten days together he had uttered not a word , except when a word was necessary to carry on the little game of chance with which the Princess ...
... existence , and had sat motionless and silent even while surrounded by his family ; for ten days together he had uttered not a word , except when a word was necessary to carry on the little game of chance with which the Princess ...
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... existence . You who murmur , do you render the same services to your country , and you will then have the same right that he has to be heard . " Ramond , after this timely and skilful address , demanded that the petition of the general ...
... existence . You who murmur , do you render the same services to your country , and you will then have the same right that he has to be heard . " Ramond , after this timely and skilful address , demanded that the petition of the general ...
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... existence that is painful . " 6 " " During the whole of the month of July , " says M. de Cam- pan , " I was never once in bed ; I always dreaded some night attack . There was an attempt made on the life of the queen that was never known ...
... existence that is painful . " 6 " " During the whole of the month of July , " says M. de Cam- pan , " I was never once in bed ; I always dreaded some night attack . There was an attempt made on the life of the queen that was never known ...
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... existence , that you have not made your country happy , you will at least bear away with you the consolation , that your death will preci- pitate the downfall of the oppressors of the people , and that by your devotion liberty will be ...
... existence , that you have not made your country happy , you will at least bear away with you the consolation , that your death will preci- pitate the downfall of the oppressors of the people , and that by your devotion liberty will be ...
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... existence of such a letter on the state of the country from such men , at the time , I must again intimate , is a very remarkable circumstance ; it is alluded to by the historian Thiers , in his second volume , and is given in the notes ...
... existence of such a letter on the state of the country from such men , at the time , I must again intimate , is a very remarkable circumstance ; it is alluded to by the historian Thiers , in his second volume , and is given in the notes ...
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Page 515 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood.
Page 515 - Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 515 - While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us — for us and our children. Beyond that, I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day, at least, that curtain may not rise! God grant that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind!
Page 187 - Prejudice renders a man's virtue his habit : and not a series of unconnected acts. Through just prejudice, his duty becomes a part of his nature.
Page 514 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 63 - Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood With solemn reverence : throw away respect, Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty, For you have but mistook me all this while: I live with bread like you, feel want, Taste grief, need friends: subjected thus, How can you say to me I am a king?
Page 515 - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness.
Page 184 - But now all is to be changed. All the pleasing illusions/ which made power gentle, and obedience liberal, which harmonized the different shades of life, and which, by a bland assimilation, incorporated into politics the sentiments which beautify and soften private society, are to be dissolved by this new conquering empire of light and reason.
Page 172 - You might, if you pleased, have profited of our example, and have given to your recovered freedom a correspondent dignity. Your privileges, though discontinued, were not lost to memory. Your...
Page 236 - But what is liberty without wisdom and without virtue ? It is the greatest of all possible evils ; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.