Lectures on the History of the French Revolution, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1855 - France |
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... suffer it to be read at all , till after the most violent opposition . It gave rise to no discussion , and the Assembly passed to the order of the day . Now this indifference in a regular legislative assembly , this indifference to the ...
... suffer it to be read at all , till after the most violent opposition . It gave rise to no discussion , and the Assembly passed to the order of the day . Now this indifference in a regular legislative assembly , this indifference to the ...
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... suffered too much on the last occasion . ' ' I am of your majesty's opinion , ' replied I , ' that you ought not to think of escaping secretly at present ; but the general in- dignation which is raised by the events of yesterday ...
... suffered too much on the last occasion . ' ' I am of your majesty's opinion , ' replied I , ' that you ought not to think of escaping secretly at present ; but the general in- dignation which is raised by the events of yesterday ...
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... suffering the favourable effect that his conduct had at first produced to be so entirely lost , that the As- sembly would not have hesitated to decree his impeachment , had they not been restrained by apprehensions arising from the dis ...
... suffering the favourable effect that his conduct had at first produced to be so entirely lost , that the As- sembly would not have hesitated to decree his impeachment , had they not been restrained by apprehensions arising from the dis ...
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... suffer- ings , had , in a very unusual manner , now slept for nine hours . I told the king that I had not disturbed her : he thanked me , observing , ' that as all the palace was awake , she ran no risk and it is very delightful , ' he ...
... suffer- ings , had , in a very unusual manner , now slept for nine hours . I told the king that I had not disturbed her : he thanked me , observing , ' that as all the palace was awake , she ran no risk and it is very delightful , ' he ...
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... suffered him to rule , if he would have ruled according to their directions , but they had united with the Jacobins against La Fayette and the Constitutionalists , and as the king would not give them their measures and their ministers ...
... suffered him to rule , if he would have ruled according to their directions , but they had united with the Jacobins against La Fayette and the Constitutionalists , and as the king would not give them their measures and their ministers ...
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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.