The French revolution, sketches1799 - 80 páginas |
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... are tied , And all , from shore to shore , is free beside . Such freedom is . " THEC COWPER . ENDSITIO SILLUME & LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY : Instituted 1799 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory Remarks - Condition of 1847.
... are tied , And all , from shore to shore , is free beside . Such freedom is . " THEC COWPER . ENDSITIO SILLUME & LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY : Instituted 1799 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE Introductory Remarks - Condition of 1847.
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... society , from the throne to the cottage . A British traveller , who visited France towards the year 1789 , has left a graphic description of the con- dition of the peasantry and agricultural popula- tion at that period . Droves of wild ...
... society , from the throne to the cottage . A British traveller , who visited France towards the year 1789 , has left a graphic description of the con- dition of the peasantry and agricultural popula- tion at that period . Droves of wild ...
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... society , than even open outrage . σε Το call duty , " says a writer , himself a Frenchman , " a weakness - honour , a prejudice - delicacy , affectation - such were the manners of the times ; seduction had its code , and immorality was ...
... society , than even open outrage . σε Το call duty , " says a writer , himself a Frenchman , " a weakness - honour , a prejudice - delicacy , affectation - such were the manners of the times ; seduction had its code , and immorality was ...
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... society of France , calculated to dispel such flattering Voltaire , whose writings so much contributed to the bring- ing on of the revolution , foresaw its approach so far back as 1762. Writing to a friend in that year , he says : " I ...
... society of France , calculated to dispel such flattering Voltaire , whose writings so much contributed to the bring- ing on of the revolution , foresaw its approach so far back as 1762. Writing to a friend in that year , he says : " I ...
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... society , and a universal enthusiasm seized the nation . " An invitation had been given by the government to " thinkers , " to contribute their written opinions as to the best mode of forming the States - General . This invitation was ...
... society , and a universal enthusiasm seized the nation . " An invitation had been given by the government to " thinkers , " to contribute their written opinions as to the best mode of forming the States - General . This invitation was ...
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afterwards amidst amongst arms arrested atrocities attached Bastile blood body Calonne cause Champ de Mars CHAPTER Charlotte Corday church clergy Collot d'Herbois condemned constitution convention course court crimes cruelty Danton death declaration decreed deputies displayed doctrines dreadful effect endeavoured exclaimed execution followed formed France French revolution Girondists guillotine happiness head heart honour hour human hundred infidelity insult Jacobin Jacobin club king king's La Vendée labours ladies leaders liberty Llongwi Louis XVI lower orders Madame Madame Roland Marat measures ment metropolis Mirabeau misery moderate monarch morals National Assembly Neckar nobility occasion palace Paris party passions peasantry period political popular principle prison punishment queen racter reign replied republic Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre scaffold scene sentiments spectators spirit terror thee Thionville thou thousand throne tiers états tion trial troops Turgot unhappy Vendean Vendée vention Versailles victims violence wickedness writer young
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Página 5 - ... all the symptoms which I have ever met with in history, previous to great changes and revolutions in Government, now exist, and daily increase in France.
Página 9 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Página 160 - His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing.
Página 61 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 135 - Job xxi. 15. They count him worthy neither to be loved nor feared They dare not behave with that slight and disregard towards one of their...
Página 136 - LORD encampeth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 0 taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Página 181 - But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?
Página 52 - If for my consolation Monseigneur would grant me, for the sake of God and the Most Blessed Trinity, that I could have news of my dear wife; were it only her name on a card, to show that she is alive! It were the greatest consolation I could receive; and I should forever bless the greatness of Monseigneur.
Página 22 - ... righteousness exalteth a nation, but" that "sin is a reproach to any people.
Página 28 - God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day; but she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.