The French revolution, sketches1799 - Broj stranica: 80 |
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... cruelty practised upon the half lunatic Damien , who had attempted the assassination of that monarch . His flesh was burned with instruments of hot iron ; molten lead was poured into his wounds , and his body torn asunder by four wild ...
... cruelty practised upon the half lunatic Damien , who had attempted the assassination of that monarch . His flesh was burned with instruments of hot iron ; molten lead was poured into his wounds , and his body torn asunder by four wild ...
Stranica 16
... cruelty . Some had been banished , some confined to the galleys , and others executed . The church of France had left the great body of the people in extreme ignorance ; so much so , that upon one occasion the populace in Brittany rose ...
... cruelty . Some had been banished , some confined to the galleys , and others executed . The church of France had left the great body of the people in extreme ignorance ; so much so , that upon one occasion the populace in Brittany rose ...
Stranica 52
... cruelty of the past . One fragment of an old letter , dated 1752 , and addressed apparently to Louis xv . , was found , couched in the following affecting terms : " If , for my consolation , Monseigneur would grant that I could have ...
... cruelty of the past . One fragment of an old letter , dated 1752 , and addressed apparently to Louis xv . , was found , couched in the following affecting terms : " If , for my consolation , Monseigneur would grant that I could have ...
Stranica 54
... cruelty driven from the throne had found refuge in the bosoms of the people . During the attack on the Bastile , an apathy appears to have fallen upon the leaders of those forces in Versailles , by whom Delauny and his garrison might ...
... cruelty driven from the throne had found refuge in the bosoms of the people . During the attack on the Bastile , an apathy appears to have fallen upon the leaders of those forces in Versailles , by whom Delauny and his garrison might ...
Stranica 92
... with their bayonets till they came down , and then mur- dered them at their feet an instance of taste. for. art. ,. mingled. with. revolutionary. cruelty. ,. perhaps unparalleled in the history of the world . " 92 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ;
... with their bayonets till they came down , and then mur- dered them at their feet an instance of taste. for. art. ,. mingled. with. revolutionary. cruelty. ,. perhaps unparalleled in the history of the world . " 92 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ;
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Stranica 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.
Stranica 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.
Stranica 160 - His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing.
Stranica 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...
Stranica 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...
Stranica 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.
Stranica 181 - But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing ?
Stranica 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.
Stranica 22 - ... righteousness exalteth a nation, but" that "sin is a reproach to any people.
Stranica 28 - God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day; but she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.