The French revolution, sketches1799 - Broj stranica: 80 |
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Stranica 28
... guillotine was silently rearing its blood - stained head . God was forgotten , a na- tion's affections were lost , and inestimable opportunities of usefulness squandered beyond recall . Such were the characters of the two indivi- duals ...
... guillotine was silently rearing its blood - stained head . God was forgotten , a na- tion's affections were lost , and inestimable opportunities of usefulness squandered beyond recall . Such were the characters of the two indivi- duals ...
Stranica 104
... guillotine . " Son of St. Louis , ascend to heaven ! " exclaimed his confessor , and the fatal axe immediately fell . Loud huzzas rent the air when the bleeding head was held up to the gaze of the multitude . Pocket handkerchiefs were ...
... guillotine . " Son of St. Louis , ascend to heaven ! " exclaimed his confessor , and the fatal axe immediately fell . Loud huzzas rent the air when the bleeding head was held up to the gaze of the multitude . Pocket handkerchiefs were ...
Stranica 115
... guillotine , an action for which the authorities ( who , amidst their cruelties , affected a show of deco- rum , ) imprisoned him . In contemplating the end of Marat , we may say with the poet , that he perished " by the justest doom ...
... guillotine , an action for which the authorities ( who , amidst their cruelties , affected a show of deco- rum , ) imprisoned him . In contemplating the end of Marat , we may say with the poet , that he perished " by the justest doom ...
Stranica 125
... guillotine , she asked for pen and paper , " to write the strange things that were rising within her . " This request was refused , how- ever . In order to lessen the fears of her com- panion Lamarche , she begged the executioner to ...
... guillotine , she asked for pen and paper , " to write the strange things that were rising within her . " This request was refused , how- ever . In order to lessen the fears of her com- panion Lamarche , she begged the executioner to ...
Stranica 126
... guillotine , and , bowing gravely to it , she uttered these memorable words : " O Liberty ! how many crimes are committed in thy name ! " In a few seconds more she ceased to live . Admiring as this reader must do the fortitude of Madame ...
... guillotine , and , bowing gravely to it , she uttered these memorable words : " O Liberty ! how many crimes are committed in thy name ! " In a few seconds more she ceased to live . Admiring as this reader must do the fortitude of Madame ...
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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.