The History of France ...Harper & bros., 1869 |
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... new stratagem . The grand merit of that general was his moral courage . When all his countrymen despaired of their cause , -when the Parisian legislature meditated a retreat behind the Loire , and the Parisian mob made what they.
... new stratagem . The grand merit of that general was his moral courage . When all his countrymen despaired of their cause , -when the Parisian legislature meditated a retreat behind the Loire , and the Parisian mob made what they.
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... courage to anticipate the insurrection , and strike a decisive blow , the Gironde might yet have been victorious , and the descent of the revolution into the abyss of the terror might have been prevented . Several of the sections ...
... courage to anticipate the insurrection , and strike a decisive blow , the Gironde might yet have been victorious , and the descent of the revolution into the abyss of the terror might have been prevented . Several of the sections ...
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... courage and of peril . And yet , even in the face of peril , had it been supported and sustained , there were still hopes that the cause of liberty and order might have survived the insurrection . But Barrère arose as usual with a tempo ...
... courage and of peril . And yet , even in the face of peril , had it been supported and sustained , there were still hopes that the cause of liberty and order might have survived the insurrection . But Barrère arose as usual with a tempo ...
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... wore powder , and preserved the dress and demeanor of re- spectability . Political courage he certainly did not want , though physically he was , with Marat , the most arrant of cow- III .-- 4 ards . Ruthless as a tiger , at first reckless.
... wore powder , and preserved the dress and demeanor of re- spectability . Political courage he certainly did not want , though physically he was , with Marat , the most arrant of cow- III .-- 4 ards . Ruthless as a tiger , at first reckless.
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... courage returned ; and Jean Bon St. André , in the name of the committee of public safety , pronounced that the " counter - revolution was confined to some few opulent towns , " and that " the present was a war of merely some few ...
... courage returned ; and Jean Bon St. André , in the name of the committee of public safety , pronounced that the " counter - revolution was confined to some few opulent towns , " and that " the present was a war of merely some few ...
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accused allies amongst anarchists archduke Charles arms army assembly attack Austerlitz Austrians Barras Barrère battle Bernadotte betwixt Blucher Bonaparte Bonaparte's Bourbons bridge British cannon capital cause chief command commenced consul continental system convention courage court Danton Danube Davoust declared decree defeat defended demanded deputies duke Dumouriez emperor enemy England English Europe executive force formed fortune Fouché France French Gironde Girondists guard honor instantly insurrection Italy Jacobin club Jacobins king latter liberty Louis Madame de Staël Mantua Marat massacre Massena menaced military moderate monarch Moreau Murat Napoleon obliged occupied Paris party passed peace Pichegru prince prisoners proposed provinces Prussia rallied regicides republic republican resistance retired retreat revolution revolutionary Rhine Robespierre routed royalists Russians seized sent side Sièyes soldiers sought sovereign Spain success Suwarrow talents Talleyrand Tallien terror tion took treaty tribune troops victory voted whilst