Lectures on the History of the French Revolution, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1855 - France |
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... opinions of all men were so strongly excited in its favour , and while its enemies were checked by defeat , and covered with shame and disgrace . We will slightly , therefore , allude to the main facts that now occurred . Immediately ...
... opinions of all men were so strongly excited in its favour , and while its enemies were checked by defeat , and covered with shame and disgrace . We will slightly , therefore , allude to the main facts that now occurred . Immediately ...
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... opinions , what they at the time were ; think of the sacred flame of liberty and the cause of the rights of man , how worthy to animate , how fitted to betray into excess , not only the feelings of the daring and the lawless , but the ...
... opinions , what they at the time were ; think of the sacred flame of liberty and the cause of the rights of man , how worthy to animate , how fitted to betray into excess , not only the feelings of the daring and the lawless , but the ...
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... opinions you exactly know ; they were not those imputed to him by the popular leaders , but they were not such as could have been avowed . Though the king did not call upon the allied powers to invade France ; though he meant them not ...
... opinions you exactly know ; they were not those imputed to him by the popular leaders , but they were not such as could have been avowed . Though the king did not call upon the allied powers to invade France ; though he meant them not ...
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... opinions , to be a constitutional king , was to adopt a system of conduct unfeeling and irrational , and one that could only lead to bloodshed and to crimes -- crimes to be by themselves committed . Now in this state of things , it was ...
... opinions , to be a constitutional king , was to adopt a system of conduct unfeeling and irrational , and one that could only lead to bloodshed and to crimes -- crimes to be by themselves committed . Now in this state of things , it was ...
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... opinions on the measures to be adopted for his own safety , and the welfare of his country . There is something of obscurity with regard to the first origin of this letter , and the precise views of the Girondists are not very clear ...
... opinions on the measures to be adopted for his own safety , and the welfare of his country . There is something of obscurity with regard to the first origin of this letter , and the precise views of the Girondists are not very clear ...
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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.