History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 3 |
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... able classes ; in the committees , by multiplying the number of vindictive committals . They supported the sword of the Decemvirs , because it fell upon the class above themselves , and opened to the indigent the wealth and the em ...
... able classes ; in the committees , by multiplying the number of vindictive committals . They supported the sword of the Decemvirs , because it fell upon the class above themselves , and opened to the indigent the wealth and the em ...
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... able report by St Just in the name of the Committee of Public Salvation , which fully admitted the de- plorable internal state of the Republic , and the total inefficacy of all the mea- sures hitherto taken for the establish- ment of a ...
... able report by St Just in the name of the Committee of Public Salvation , which fully admitted the de- plorable internal state of the Republic , and the total inefficacy of all the mea- sures hitherto taken for the establish- ment of a ...
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... able remains were at first the object of general respect ; but , on the 14th , a Jacobin orator , Javoignes , roused the people by harangues ; they tore the body in pieces , and cast the fragments into a vast ditch , filled with corpses ...
... able remains were at first the object of general respect ; but , on the 14th , a Jacobin orator , Javoignes , roused the people by harangues ; they tore the body in pieces , and cast the fragments into a vast ditch , filled with corpses ...
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... able to corrupt , they have assassinated him . " He became , literally speaking , an object of worship ; great numbers of victims were sacrificed to his me- mory ; and the monster who had inces- santly urged the cutting off of two hun ...
... able to corrupt , they have assassinated him . " He became , literally speaking , an object of worship ; great numbers of victims were sacrificed to his me- mory ; and the monster who had inces- santly urged the cutting off of two hun ...
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... able . Forty - eight thousand revolution- ary committees were soon established in the Republic , being one in each commune , and embracing above 500,000 members , all the most resolute and de- termined of the Jacobin party . Each 55 ...
... able . Forty - eight thousand revolution- ary committees were soon established in the Republic , being one in each commune , and embracing above 500,000 members , all the most resolute and de- termined of the Jacobin party . Each 55 ...
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Page 353 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 353 - ... that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours, a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty, is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian.
Page 353 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Page 66 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 193 - Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 353 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and, sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
Page 160 - While the pent ocean, rising o'er the pile, Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile ; — The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, The willow-tufted bank, the gliding sail, The crowded mart, the cultivated plain — A new creation rescued from his reign.
Page 353 - This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind. It exists under different shapes in all governments, more or less stifled, controlled, or repressed ; but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness, and is truly their worst enemy.
Page 117 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 56 - Quackery, like other forms of vice, " Is a monster of such hideous mien. That to be hated, needs but to be seen. But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace"; and such has been our professional history with reference to modern quackery.