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... communes , Chaumette , is the man . Hebert is seated near him , whose open countenance gives the lie to the coarse and scandalous publication called Père Duchesne . The king of France , their prisoner , is placed in front of them ...
... communes , Chaumette , is the man . Hebert is seated near him , whose open countenance gives the lie to the coarse and scandalous publication called Père Duchesne . The king of France , their prisoner , is placed in front of them ...
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... communes , who prac- tise them ..... One of the municipals thought himself obliged to answer , he muttered a few words , which made no impression on the deputy ..... In an hour , added he , the convention shall have decided this ...
... communes , who prac- tise them ..... One of the municipals thought himself obliged to answer , he muttered a few words , which made no impression on the deputy ..... In an hour , added he , the convention shall have decided this ...
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... of an antichamber , to secure the privilege of writing or re- ceiving a letter . How low the communes appear in the exercise of their cruelty ! in attempting to revile the king , they demean themselves ! He is pitied 36 THE MAGDALEN.
... of an antichamber , to secure the privilege of writing or re- ceiving a letter . How low the communes appear in the exercise of their cruelty ! in attempting to revile the king , they demean themselves ! He is pitied 36 THE MAGDALEN.
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... communes ex- ercise as much cruelty over them , as upon his maj- esty . They have been deprived of their needles and scissors , and consequently of the means of beguiling the protracted time of their sufferings . Madame Elizabeth had ...
... communes ex- ercise as much cruelty over them , as upon his maj- esty . They have been deprived of their needles and scissors , and consequently of the means of beguiling the protracted time of their sufferings . Madame Elizabeth had ...
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... communes , who accompanied the king , to alight from the carriage , and to call upon the commanding officer of the escort . M. de Fermont's pupil pressed his majesty once more . He even spoke VOL . II . F 7 with warmth and boldness to ...
... communes , who accompanied the king , to alight from the carriage , and to call upon the commanding officer of the escort . M. de Fermont's pupil pressed his majesty once more . He even spoke VOL . II . F 7 with warmth and boldness to ...
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Page 121 - He deprecates those murmurs of surprise or displeasure, which his discourse evidently called forth more than once, 4 though not so much on his own account as on that of the dikasts, who will be benefited by hearing him, and who will hurt themselves and their city much more than him, if they should now pronounce condemnation.
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