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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... clergy , and then copied without consideration . I wanted only to show , by one example , the ferocious address with which the clergy urged the people , and made for themselves a deadly weapon of social jealousy . The detail would be ...
... clergy , and then copied without consideration . I wanted only to show , by one example , the ferocious address with which the clergy urged the people , and made for themselves a deadly weapon of social jealousy . The detail would be ...
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... clergy against him and his home . That holy temple of study four times violated and pillaged , his books profaned and dispersed , his manuscripts , irreparable patrimony of mankind , flung into the gutter and destroyed . They have not ...
... clergy against him and his home . That holy temple of study four times violated and pillaged , his books profaned and dispersed , his manuscripts , irreparable patrimony of mankind , flung into the gutter and destroyed . They have not ...
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... CLERGY TO GIVE NOTHING . nothing I am poor ; but I am the baron's man , and belong to that fine château yonder ! " Or else , " I have the honour to be the serf of that famous monastery . I can never want for anything . " Go now , go ...
... CLERGY TO GIVE NOTHING . nothing I am poor ; but I am the baron's man , and belong to that fine château yonder ! " Or else , " I have the honour to be the serf of that famous monastery . I can never want for anything . " Go now , go ...
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... clergy is after all but mortal . It must share the common lot . But it can enjoy the thought , so consoling in our last moments , to have been consistent till death . The mystery of Christianity , a God giving himself to man— a God ...
... clergy is after all but mortal . It must share the common lot . But it can enjoy the thought , so consoling in our last moments , to have been consistent till death . The mystery of Christianity , a God giving himself to man— a God ...
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... clergy , and the clergy against the nobility . Turgot is the touchstone for all : he summons them to say whether they wish truly to amend ; they all unanimously answer : No , let what ought to be done , be done ! Meanwhile , I see the ...
... clergy , and the clergy against the nobility . Turgot is the touchstone for all : he summons them to say whether they wish truly to amend ; they all unanimously answer : No , let what ought to be done , be done ! Meanwhile , I see the ...
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