The French revolution, sketches1799 - 80 páginas |
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... prove to the reflecting mind , that , to nations as well as individuals , God has granted moral laws , the observance of which is rewarded with happiness , and the violation punished by misery ; that " righteousness exalteth a nation ...
... prove to the reflecting mind , that , to nations as well as individuals , God has granted moral laws , the observance of which is rewarded with happiness , and the violation punished by misery ; that " righteousness exalteth a nation ...
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... prove destructive of happiness and mental peace . Her education had been neglected . Her reading was confined chiefly to romances , and she had a fixed aversion to anything which bore the shape of business or serious occupa- tion . Her ...
... prove destructive of happiness and mental peace . Her education had been neglected . Her reading was confined chiefly to romances , and she had a fixed aversion to anything which bore the shape of business or serious occupa- tion . Her ...
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... proved in practice very unwise . The philosophers and political economists of the day were little better than mere visionaries . Their views were neither practical , nor based upon experience , and were more than all objectionable , as ...
... proved in practice very unwise . The philosophers and political economists of the day were little better than mere visionaries . Their views were neither practical , nor based upon experience , and were more than all objectionable , as ...
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... proved too strong to be resisted ; and he was compelled to resign office , having filled it without remu- neration of any kind . A minister of the name of Calonne was soon afterwards called to the * Rowan's History of the French ...
... proved too strong to be resisted ; and he was compelled to resign office , having filled it without remu- neration of any kind . A minister of the name of Calonne was soon afterwards called to the * Rowan's History of the French ...
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... . A sermon was preached by a bishop , on reli- gion , as the only source of national happiness . The theme was an appropriate one for the occasion , but the event proved how little it influenced those who heard him . Composed , as the B 3.
... . A sermon was preached by a bishop , on reli- gion , as the only source of national happiness . The theme was an appropriate one for the occasion , but the event proved how little it influenced those who heard him . Composed , as the B 3.
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afterwards amidst amongst arms arrested atrocities attached Bastile blood body Calonne cause Champ de Mars CHAPTER Charlotte Corday church clergy Collot d'Herbois condemned constitution convention course court crimes cruelty Danton death declaration decreed deputies displayed doctrines dreadful effect endeavoured exclaimed execution followed formed France French revolution Girondists guillotine happiness head heart honour hour human hundred infidelity insult Jacobin Jacobin club king king's La Vendée labours ladies leaders liberty Llongwi Louis XVI lower orders Madame Madame Roland Marat measures ment metropolis Mirabeau misery moderate monarch morals National Assembly Neckar nobility occasion palace Paris party passions peasantry period political popular principle prison punishment queen racter reign replied republic Revolutionary Tribunal Robespierre scaffold scene sentiments spectators spirit terror thee Thionville thou thousand throne tiers états tion trial troops Turgot unhappy Vendean Vendée vention Versailles victims violence wickedness writer young
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Página 5 - ... all the symptoms which I have ever met with in history, previous to great changes and revolutions in Government, now exist, and daily increase in France.
Página 9 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Página 160 - His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing.
Página 61 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Página 135 - Job xxi. 15. They count him worthy neither to be loved nor feared They dare not behave with that slight and disregard towards one of their...
Página 136 - LORD encampeth round about them that fear him : and delivereth them. 0 taste and see that the LORD is good : blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Página 181 - But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?
Página 52 - If for my consolation Monseigneur would grant me, for the sake of God and the Most Blessed Trinity, that I could have news of my dear wife; were it only her name on a card, to show that she is alive! It were the greatest consolation I could receive; and I should forever bless the greatness of Monseigneur.
Página 22 - ... righteousness exalteth a nation, but" that "sin is a reproach to any people.
Página 28 - God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day; but she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.