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... head of thy bed , sleep , mon- arch , sleep ! .... Those , who plot against thy life , are awake ; an implacable fury shakes her serpents among them ; the thirst of ambition devours them ; the shades of September haunt them ; these are ...
... head of thy bed , sleep , mon- arch , sleep ! .... Those , who plot against thy life , are awake ; an implacable fury shakes her serpents among them ; the thirst of ambition devours them ; the shades of September haunt them ; these are ...
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... cattle , the children of nature , enumerating their devoted heads , and sacrificing them to satiate their cruelty , or to solace their weariness ; finally , I have observed all the movements of the miserable race of men 16 THE MAGDALEN.
... cattle , the children of nature , enumerating their devoted heads , and sacrificing them to satiate their cruelty , or to solace their weariness ; finally , I have observed all the movements of the miserable race of men 16 THE MAGDALEN.
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... head of armies , and personally until then , I had no reason to complain of him . If I am not mistaken , however , my antipathy has a cause ; is it not owing to a discovery , which I have made , that Du- mouriez with an enlightened mind ...
... head of armies , and personally until then , I had no reason to complain of him . If I am not mistaken , however , my antipathy has a cause ; is it not owing to a discovery , which I have made , that Du- mouriez with an enlightened mind ...
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... was to avert from his head the imminent dangers ready to crush him . Mal . My intention was to demonstrate the truth to the members of the convention , who are to judge him , and to France , which will judge the CHURCHYARD . 27.
... was to avert from his head the imminent dangers ready to crush him . Mal . My intention was to demonstrate the truth to the members of the convention , who are to judge him , and to France , which will judge the CHURCHYARD . 27.
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... head is not his own , that he ought to defend it , he ought to save it . Mal . I have told you , sir , that he would ... heads of the hydra of democracy will CHURCHYARD . 31.
... head is not his own , that he ought to defend it , he ought to save it . Mal . I have told you , sir , that he would ... heads of the hydra of democracy will CHURCHYARD . 31.
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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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