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Page 75
... laws ; it is re plete with allusions to the democratical party , and the sufferings of the king . The portraits of Robespierre and Marat bear an odious resemblance . The people crowd the theatre , and this performance has become an ...
... laws ; it is re plete with allusions to the democratical party , and the sufferings of the king . The portraits of Robespierre and Marat bear an odious resemblance . The people crowd the theatre , and this performance has become an ...
Page 87
... law , however rigorous it may be ; but its intention , as well as its right , is to allow it to be softened . We placed ourselves in a carriage . The minister was going to inform the king of the time appointed for his execution ; during ...
... law , however rigorous it may be ; but its intention , as well as its right , is to allow it to be softened . We placed ourselves in a carriage . The minister was going to inform the king of the time appointed for his execution ; during ...
Page 108
... laws , to enable you to restore to my son the right usurped by the factious . Forget not that France is stained with my blood , and that this blood calls loudly for clemency and pardon ! It is the request of your brother , the command ...
... laws , to enable you to restore to my son the right usurped by the factious . Forget not that France is stained with my blood , and that this blood calls loudly for clemency and pardon ! It is the request of your brother , the command ...
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... law shall be executed , and you will not come off alive . The harshness of this observation chilled me , and I cast my eyes down ; as I raised them again , I observ- ed those of the king , which were lifted towards heav- en , and bathed ...
... law shall be executed , and you will not come off alive . The harshness of this observation chilled me , and I cast my eyes down ; as I raised them again , I observ- ed those of the king , which were lifted towards heav- en , and bathed ...
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... laws meet , when you visit this gallery , which the toys of luxury , and the noble productions of genius replenish and adorn , among this crowd of idle loungers , of pur- chasers and sellers , of clients and advocates , among 132 THE ...
... laws meet , when you visit this gallery , which the toys of luxury , and the noble productions of genius replenish and adorn , among this crowd of idle loungers , of pur- chasers and sellers , of clients and advocates , among 132 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.