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Page 80
... entered , my tears blinded me , I was seized with a killing chill , and my legs refused their office , I fell at the feet of the unfortunate mon- arch ; and my action announced to him his horrid fate . He was neither surprised nor ...
... entered , my tears blinded me , I was seized with a killing chill , and my legs refused their office , I fell at the feet of the unfortunate mon- arch ; and my action announced to him his horrid fate . He was neither surprised nor ...
Page 85
... entered my house at nine in the morning ; after sympathizing in my grief , all hopes are not lost , said Edwin to me ; notwithstanding our form- er reverses , and actual pangs , yet , we cherish a hope . We have been credibly informed ...
... entered my house at nine in the morning ; after sympathizing in my grief , all hopes are not lost , said Edwin to me ; notwithstanding our form- er reverses , and actual pangs , yet , we cherish a hope . We have been credibly informed ...
Page 86
... entered the hall . A mournful consternation overspread the counte- nances of the ministers , who sat in pensive silence . Garat , the minister of justice , who presided , addressed me . Here is , said he to me , a billet handed to me by ...
... entered the hall . A mournful consternation overspread the counte- nances of the ministers , who sat in pensive silence . Garat , the minister of justice , who presided , addressed me . Here is , said he to me , a billet handed to me by ...
Page 95
... entered at eight o'clock . Clery followed him , and I remained in the closet . Then having entered the king's room between the two apartments , I improved the liberty given me by his majesty , to observe and hear his last conversa- tion ...
... entered at eight o'clock . Clery followed him , and I remained in the closet . Then having entered the king's room between the two apartments , I improved the liberty given me by his majesty , to observe and hear his last conversa- tion ...
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... entered the gates , the door was opened ; the presence of the commissioners of the communes , pre- ceded by Santerre , general of the Parisian army , an- nounced that the fatal moment had arrived ..... I ask but one minute , said the ...
... entered the gates , the door was opened ; the presence of the commissioners of the communes , pre- ceded by Santerre , general of the Parisian army , an- nounced that the fatal moment had arrived ..... I ask but one minute , said the ...
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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.