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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... thought How they have exalted and strengthened the kingly power · SECOND PART . THE ANCIENT MONARCHY . 1300. Theory of Dante . SECTION I. The royal incarnation , Louis XIV . . The King as God of Justice . Royal comedy of the States ...
... thought How they have exalted and strengthened the kingly power · SECOND PART . THE ANCIENT MONARCHY . 1300. Theory of Dante . SECTION I. The royal incarnation , Louis XIV . . The King as God of Justice . Royal comedy of the States ...
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... thought , that she did her utmost to restrain herself from achieving conquests . Every nation needing the same bless- ing - liberty , and pursuing the same right , whence could war possibly arise ? Could the Revolution , which , in its ...
... thought , that she did her utmost to restrain herself from achieving conquests . Every nation needing the same bless- ing - liberty , and pursuing the same right , whence could war possibly arise ? Could the Revolution , which , in its ...
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... thought : then did she offer peace to all , and wish to participate with all her treasure , -liberty . The moment of ... thoughts were not confined to self ; she did not indulge in a selfish joy , she extended to mankind her life and her ...
... thought : then did she offer peace to all , and wish to participate with all her treasure , -liberty . The moment of ... thoughts were not confined to self ; she did not indulge in a selfish joy , she extended to mankind her life and her ...
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... thought to build an asylum for justice . All monarchies , divine and human , govern for their elect . Where then shall man take refuge ? Grace reigns alone in heaven , and favour here below . That Justice , twice proscribed and banished ...
... thought to build an asylum for justice . All monarchies , divine and human , govern for their elect . Where then shall man take refuge ? Grace reigns alone in heaven , and favour here below . That Justice , twice proscribed and banished ...
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... the Revolution trembled at the thought of aggravating death , that she shortened the sufferings of victims , removed the hand of man , and invented a machine to abridge the pangs of death . 28 THE INQUISITION . And it will also inform us.
... the Revolution trembled at the thought of aggravating death , that she shortened the sufferings of victims , removed the hand of man , and invented a machine to abridge the pangs of death . 28 THE INQUISITION . And it will also inform us.
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