The History of France ...Harper & bros., 1869 |
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... fortunes of the country . The insurrection cf La Vendée was crushed , though not extinguished , in the win- ter of 1793-4 . Had England supported it with the same force and spirit with which she afterwards aided the Penin- sula , she ...
... fortunes of the country . The insurrection cf La Vendée was crushed , though not extinguished , in the win- ter of 1793-4 . Had England supported it with the same force and spirit with which she afterwards aided the Penin- sula , she ...
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... fortune , and secure a share of national spoil and fame . The rage for wealth succeeded in the pas- sionate to rage for blood ; the servility of selfishness succeed- ed in the timid to servility of personal fear . The way to des- potism ...
... fortune , and secure a share of national spoil and fame . The rage for wealth succeeded in the pas- sionate to rage for blood ; the servility of selfishness succeed- ed in the timid to servility of personal fear . The way to des- potism ...
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... fortune , the burgesses of towns , were averse likewise to the body which decreed the maximum , and del- uged the land with a valueless paper - money , and which still screened the terrorists . The lower orders , and the specula- tive ...
... fortune , the burgesses of towns , were averse likewise to the body which decreed the maximum , and del- uged the land with a valueless paper - money , and which still screened the terrorists . The lower orders , and the specula- tive ...
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... fortune , loss of life - shall al . this have been borne in vain , and so much blood idly shed tc support it ? " Such was their argument ; a fatal one , since if all these causes had been endured for an empty shadow , this was no reason ...
... fortune , loss of life - shall al . this have been borne in vain , and so much blood idly shed tc support it ? " Such was their argument ; a fatal one , since if all these causes had been endured for an empty shadow , this was no reason ...
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... fortune in the days of Prairial . He was accordingly appointed . But aware of his inability to meet a force of 40,000 national guards with merely 5000 soldiers , he in turn looked round for some officer more skilled and energetic than ...
... fortune in the days of Prairial . He was accordingly appointed . But aware of his inability to meet a force of 40,000 national guards with merely 5000 soldiers , he in turn looked round for some officer more skilled and energetic than ...
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