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Page 17
... misery protect the limbs once covered with purple ; and the astonished purpureal robes deck the mean dem- agogue , who stole the royal mantle ! What a B 2 CHURCHYARD . 17 observed all the movements of the miserable race of ...
... misery protect the limbs once covered with purple ; and the astonished purpureal robes deck the mean dem- agogue , who stole the royal mantle ! What a B 2 CHURCHYARD . 17 observed all the movements of the miserable race of ...
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... covered his person with a contempt , which would no longer allow him to mount the throne , even admitting that a powerful party could lead him out in triumph . It is not less demonstrated , that the canker of anarchy makes daily such ...
... covered his person with a contempt , which would no longer allow him to mount the throne , even admitting that a powerful party could lead him out in triumph . It is not less demonstrated , that the canker of anarchy makes daily such ...
Page 76
... covered his upright intentions . January 15th . evening . This morning I cherished the hope , what do I say , I felt certain , that the king would not be pronounced guilty , and that , if the con- vention saw fit to continue his ...
... covered his upright intentions . January 15th . evening . This morning I cherished the hope , what do I say , I felt certain , that the king would not be pronounced guilty , and that , if the con- vention saw fit to continue his ...
Page 121
... covered . But some national guards having passed through this street , and seeing a platoon of mounted and armed men , became suspicious ; they immedi- ately gave information of their discovery to Santerre , who without loss of time ...
... covered . But some national guards having passed through this street , and seeing a platoon of mounted and armed men , became suspicious ; they immedi- ately gave information of their discovery to Santerre , who without loss of time ...
Page 128
... mischief , which thou hast perpetrated , than by the seed of evil , which thou hast left behind ! What vestiges of devastation have covered my country with scars ! What an active poison disseminated in the 128 THE MAGDALEN.
... mischief , which thou hast perpetrated , than by the seed of evil , which thou hast left behind ! What vestiges of devastation have covered my country with scars ! What an active poison disseminated in the 128 THE MAGDALEN.
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Page 1 - Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow; A blow, which, while it executes, alarms; And startles thousands with a single fall.
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.
Page 137 - Unanimously conspiring against me, they daily invent some new humiliation, which adds to the horror of my destiny ; they distil, drop by drop on my wounded heart, the poison of adversity, numbering my sighs with delight, and before they quaff my blood, they quench their thirst • with my tears.