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... called him the Anacreon of the guillotine . Wholesale slaughter was arrested ; though Lebon , David the painter , and a few other ter- rorists , but not , perhaps , the worst among them , were executed . The guillotine , by being ...
... called him the Anacreon of the guillotine . Wholesale slaughter was arrested ; though Lebon , David the painter , and a few other ter- rorists , but not , perhaps , the worst among them , were executed . The guillotine , by being ...
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... called costume à la victime , consisting of a short grey coat with black collar , low shoes , enormous green cravats ; the hair , hanging low at the front and sides , was tressed up behind ; a short stick , loaded with lead , served at ...
... called costume à la victime , consisting of a short grey coat with black collar , low shoes , enormous green cravats ; the hair , hanging low at the front and sides , was tressed up behind ; a short stick , loaded with lead , served at ...
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... called upon to give up their pikes and other non - military weapons , so that only the richer classes retained their arms . The Committee of Public Welfare was retained , but with an altered constitution . The Convention was made the ...
... called upon to give up their pikes and other non - military weapons , so that only the richer classes retained their arms . The Committee of Public Welfare was retained , but with an altered constitution . The Convention was made the ...
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... called the Austrian party , that is , the statesmen who conceived that it would be better for the interests of Austria to relinquish the war against France , and even the defence of the Belgian Provinces , and to seek compensation on ...
... called the Austrian party , that is , the statesmen who conceived that it would be better for the interests of Austria to relinquish the war against France , and even the defence of the Belgian Provinces , and to seek compensation on ...
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... called upon the patriots to rise , and his occupation of the Dutch towns was immediately followed by a re- volution . The Prince of Orange , the hereditary Stadholder , embarked for England January 19th , on which day Pichegru's ...
... called upon the patriots to rise , and his occupation of the Dutch towns was immediately followed by a re- volution . The Prince of Orange , the hereditary Stadholder , embarked for England January 19th , on which day Pichegru's ...
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Page 501 - (a free Church in a free State), has been rightly chosen as the inscription on his tomb. § 6. Cavour left no minister to take his place, and the continuance of his policy fell to Victor Emmanuel himself. Carefully abstaining from opening the question either of Rome or Venice, he sought to utilise the interval of peace to break down...
Page 396 - ... regulations and ordinances necessary for the execution of the laws and the safety of the State.