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... present him as unfortunate . But , as all communications had ceased between him and me from the day , on which his deliverance was attempted , until that which preceded his death ; the keepers having redoubled their vigilance , Clery ...
... present him as unfortunate . But , as all communications had ceased between him and me from the day , on which his deliverance was attempted , until that which preceded his death ; the keepers having redoubled their vigilance , Clery ...
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... present generation , on which , preceded by twenty field pieces , and guarded by one hundred thousand men , Louis traversed the vast circumfe rence of the Boulevards to present himself before the convention . It was about noon , the ...
... present generation , on which , preceded by twenty field pieces , and guarded by one hundred thousand men , Louis traversed the vast circumfe rence of the Boulevards to present himself before the convention . It was about noon , the ...
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... present himself to the convention with the serenity of a man , whose conscience knew no guile . He did not shew the pride , which a recollection of his past gran- VOL . II . B deur might have inspired , nor the fear , which CHURCHYARD . 13.
... present himself to the convention with the serenity of a man , whose conscience knew no guile . He did not shew the pride , which a recollection of his past gran- VOL . II . B deur might have inspired , nor the fear , which CHURCHYARD . 13.
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... present engagement ; I ordered the person to be admitted , and when introduced he was unknown to me . We remained alone , I was not a little astonished , when he mentioned his name . It was Dumouriez , whom I thought in camp , and who ...
... present engagement ; I ordered the person to be admitted , and when introduced he was unknown to me . We remained alone , I was not a little astonished , when he mentioned his name . It was Dumouriez , whom I thought in camp , and who ...
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... present generation , and perhaps , of those unborn , was not connected with his own , he would demand ex- ecutioners , not judges . Dum . There are more executioners than judges among his accusers . Mal . Once more , sir , he is ...
... present generation , and perhaps , of those unborn , was not connected with his own , he would demand ex- ecutioners , not judges . Dum . There are more executioners than judges among his accusers . Mal . Once more , sir , he is ...
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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.