History of Europe (from 1789 to 1815). 12 vols. [and] Index vol, Volume 3 |
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... continued their prepara- tions , however , and refused to send the proscribed authorities to Paris ; but their ardour gradually cooled , and in two months the germ of revolt existed only in vigour at Lyons , Toulon , and Marseilles ...
... continued their prepara- tions , however , and refused to send the proscribed authorities to Paris ; but their ardour gradually cooled , and in two months the germ of revolt existed only in vigour at Lyons , Toulon , and Marseilles ...
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... continued during the whole Reign of Terror , and pro- duced a total confusion of property of every sort . All the persons employed by government , both in the civil and military departments , were paid in the | paid in 26 [ CHAP . XIV ...
... continued during the whole Reign of Terror , and pro- duced a total confusion of property of every sort . All the persons employed by government , both in the civil and military departments , were paid in the | paid in 26 [ CHAP . XIV ...
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... continued to be paid in as- signats at par , notwithstanding their having fallen to a tenth of their nomi- nal value ; in other words , they received only a tenth part of what was really due to them . To perpetuate still further the ...
... continued to be paid in as- signats at par , notwithstanding their having fallen to a tenth of their nomi- nal value ; in other words , they received only a tenth part of what was really due to them . To perpetuate still further the ...
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... continued to do business and articles of merchandise are want- did so only by fraud ; the worst articles ing , from whom shall the people seize alone were exposed to public sale at the them ? From the Convention ? No. legal price , and ...
... continued to do business and articles of merchandise are want- did so only by fraud ; the worst articles ing , from whom shall the people seize alone were exposed to public sale at the them ? From the Convention ? No. legal price , and ...
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... continued , turning to his astonished rival- " Do you not know , Danton , that the more a man is gifted with energy and public spirit , the more the public enemies conspire for his 83. Though ignorant that his destruc- tion had been ...
... continued , turning to his astonished rival- " Do you not know , Danton , that the more a man is gifted with energy and public spirit , the more the public enemies conspire for his 83. Though ignorant that his destruc- tion had been ...
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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.