Lectures on the History of the French Revolution, Volume 2H.G. Bohn, 1855 |
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... M. de Lally endeavoured to convince me , was both willing and able to put it into execu- tion . The project was afterwards transmitted by me to the king . " In a subsequent conversation , M. de Lally completely 4 LECT . FRENCH REVOLUTION .
... M. de Lally endeavoured to convince me , was both willing and able to put it into execu- tion . The project was afterwards transmitted by me to the king . " In a subsequent conversation , M. de Lally completely 4 LECT . FRENCH REVOLUTION .
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... tion : our enemies are still the same ; no change has taken place in our situation without ; and yet M. La Fayette is in Paris . What motives can have been strong enough to bring him here ? Our intestine disorders ? He fears then that ...
... tion : our enemies are still the same ; no change has taken place in our situation without ; and yet M. La Fayette is in Paris . What motives can have been strong enough to bring him here ? Our intestine disorders ? He fears then that ...
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... tion of France , the armies falling back , and foreign invaders advancing , reaching the frontier . " And is this , then , the moment , " said he , " chosen for dismissing the popular ministers , and rejecting the measures which they ...
... tion of France , the armies falling back , and foreign invaders advancing , reaching the frontier . " And is this , then , the moment , " said he , " chosen for dismissing the popular ministers , and rejecting the measures which they ...
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... was in danger had produced the greatest effect all over the interior ; Paris was in a constant state of alarm and agita- VOL . II . E tion ; the abdication or deposition of the king was ΧΧΙΧ . 49 BEFORE TENTH OF AUGUST .
... was in danger had produced the greatest effect all over the interior ; Paris was in a constant state of alarm and agita- VOL . II . E tion ; the abdication or deposition of the king was ΧΧΙΧ . 49 BEFORE TENTH OF AUGUST .
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William Smyth. tion ; the abdication or deposition of the king was everywhere the common topic of conversation , was every where the measure of the clubs and sections , and was the point laboured by all the re- volutionary demagogues out ...
William Smyth. tion ; the abdication or deposition of the king was everywhere the common topic of conversation , was every where the measure of the clubs and sections , and was the point laboured by all the re- volutionary demagogues out ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.