Life of DantonLongmans, Green, and Company, 1899 - 355 pages |
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... Minister of Justice : Here are my reasons : A man was necessary in the Ministry who possessed the confidence of the people which had just overturned the throne.
... Minister of Justice : Here are my reasons : A man was necessary in the Ministry who possessed the confidence of the people which had just overturned the throne.
Page ix
... Ministers - Commandant in National Guard - Confronts Re- actionaries CHAPTER V 1791 Struggles with Lafayette Lafayette's Character - Administrator to the Department - Letter accepting Appointment - First recorded . Appearance at the ...
... Ministers - Commandant in National Guard - Confronts Re- actionaries CHAPTER V 1791 Struggles with Lafayette Lafayette's Character - Administrator to the Department - Letter accepting Appointment - First recorded . Appearance at the ...
Page xiii
... Ministers - Clemency ' again - Ultra - revolutionary Excess condemned - Scenes at the Jacobins Danton's Speech - Robespierre's Perfidious Defence . 265 CHAPTER XXVI 1793-4 Declining Influence - Vieux Cordelier - Desmoulins.
... Ministers - Clemency ' again - Ultra - revolutionary Excess condemned - Scenes at the Jacobins Danton's Speech - Robespierre's Perfidious Defence . 265 CHAPTER XXVI 1793-4 Declining Influence - Vieux Cordelier - Desmoulins.
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... Minister of Justice , and in the Convention was in receipt of 18 francs a day as deputy , besides whatever extra payments he received when on mission . And though in 1791 the office which he purchased prior to his marriage was abolished ...
... Minister of Justice , and in the Convention was in receipt of 18 francs a day as deputy , besides whatever extra payments he received when on mission . And though in 1791 the office which he purchased prior to his marriage was abolished ...
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... Minister was robbing the chests of hospitals to fill the royal exchequer . Louis XIV . had left as a legacy to France 23 milliards of debt ; 750 millions had been added to it during seven years of the regency . But the Queen went on ...
... Minister was robbing the chests of hospitals to fill the royal exchequer . Louis XIV . had left as a legacy to France 23 milliards of debt ; 750 millions had been added to it during seven years of the regency . But the Queen went on ...
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