Lectures on the History of the French Revolution, 2. sējumsH.G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... least not by the in- terference of Prussians and Austrians : it has been disgraced by its supporters , but it must not be trampled down under the feet of armed soldiers , and those foreigners and invaders . But again , what hope for ...
... least not by the in- terference of Prussians and Austrians : it has been disgraced by its supporters , but it must not be trampled down under the feet of armed soldiers , and those foreigners and invaders . But again , what hope for ...
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... least , such a termination of so distinguished a struggle for the liberties of France , would in itself be considered by every friend to humanity as the greatest of calamities . Was it not possible , therefore ( how devoutly was it to ...
... least , such a termination of so distinguished a struggle for the liberties of France , would in itself be considered by every friend to humanity as the greatest of calamities . Was it not possible , therefore ( how devoutly was it to ...
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William Smyth. Girondists and Jacobins would have been , for the time at least , foiled , and some other pretext must have been resorted to . But the Assembly did not ; and on the day of the 20th of June , an irruption of the mob into ...
William Smyth. Girondists and Jacobins would have been , for the time at least , foiled , and some other pretext must have been resorted to . But the Assembly did not ; and on the day of the 20th of June , an irruption of the mob into ...
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... least , there was , on the whole , no rational conclusion but despair ; and he had turned sickening and disgusted alike from every promise of hope , and every counsel of the wise . Those may blame him who have not known what misfortune ...
... least , there was , on the whole , no rational conclusion but despair ; and he had turned sickening and disgusted alike from every promise of hope , and every counsel of the wise . Those may blame him who have not known what misfortune ...
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... least , dethroned ; and whoever contributed , po- sitively or negatively , to an assembling of the populace like this , with an intent afterwards to let loose their ignorant and brutal fury upon the palace and person of their sovereign ...
... least , dethroned ; and whoever contributed , po- sitively or negatively , to an assembling of the populace like this , with an intent afterwards to let loose their ignorant and brutal fury upon the palace and person of their sovereign ...
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182. lappuse - All the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off. All the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked, shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, absurd, and antiquated fashion.
515. lappuse - 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!
248. lappuse - Men of Age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
182. lappuse - 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.
61. lappuse - 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?
515. lappuse - 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.
514. lappuse - 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. That Union we reached only by the discipline...
460. lappuse - The other shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint or limb...
516. lappuse - It were but a trifle even if the walls of yonder Capitol were to crumble, if its lofty pillars should fall, and its gorgeous decorations be all covered by the dust of the valley.
184. lappuse - We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason, because we suspect that this stock in each man is small and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.