Historical View of the French Revolution: From Its Earliest Indications to the Flight of the King in 1791H. G. Bohn, 1864 - 621 pages |
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... poor Revolution . How confidingly on thy first day didst thou invite the world to love and peace . " O my enemies , didst thou exclaim , " there are no longer any enemies ! " Thou didst stretch forth thy hand to all , and offer them thy ...
... poor Revolution . How confidingly on thy first day didst thou invite the world to love and peace . " O my enemies , didst thou exclaim , " there are no longer any enemies ! " Thou didst stretch forth thy hand to all , and offer them thy ...
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... poor for the rich . Thou tyrant , thou proprietor , and the most ravenous in the world , didst unhesitatingly em- brace on a sudden , and exceed , with one bound , the most impracticable theories of the Levellers . Before the Saint ...
... poor for the rich . Thou tyrant , thou proprietor , and the most ravenous in the world , didst unhesitatingly em- brace on a sudden , and exceed , with one bound , the most impracticable theories of the Levellers . Before the Saint ...
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... poor little deposit of proscribed truth , the fragile egg which might save the world , if it reached the altar . Others will laugh - and woe to them ! But I can never laugh on beholding that spectacle - that farce , those contortions ...
... poor little deposit of proscribed truth , the fragile egg which might save the world , if it reached the altar . Others will laugh - and woe to them ! But I can never laugh on beholding that spectacle - that farce , those contortions ...
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... poor imple- ment that furrows the earth . How can we be surprised that the crops should fail with such half - starved husbandmen , or that the land should suffer and refuse to yield ? The yearly produce no longer suffices for the year ...
... poor imple- ment that furrows the earth . How can we be surprised that the crops should fail with such half - starved husbandmen , or that the land should suffer and refuse to yield ? The yearly produce no longer suffices for the year ...
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... poor man's home ? The Church says to me every day : God so loved the world ! -He was made man , and became food to nourish man ! ' Either the Church is nothing , or it must be charity divine realised upon earth . " Knock , knock , poor ...
... poor man's home ? The Church says to me every day : God so loved the world ! -He was made man , and became food to nourish man ! ' Either the Church is nothing , or it must be charity divine realised upon earth . " Knock , knock , poor ...
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