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Page 53
... Robespierre was not a very liberal patron of his servants . He kept his blood - hounds lean and keen , and poorly fed them with the rankest offal . After a dusty journey , through a very rich and picturesque country , of near eighty ...
... Robespierre was not a very liberal patron of his servants . He kept his blood - hounds lean and keen , and poorly fed them with the rankest offal . After a dusty journey , through a very rich and picturesque country , of near eighty ...
Page 60
... Robespierre ) , the blood of this good man , who , from his wealth , piety , and munificence , possessed considerable influence in Rouen , was sought after with keen pursuit . Madame G was the protectress of his life , by concealing him ...
... Robespierre ) , the blood of this good man , who , from his wealth , piety , and munificence , possessed considerable influence in Rouen , was sought after with keen pursuit . Madame G was the protectress of his life , by concealing him ...
Page 87
... Robespierre and his agents , with no other crime upon their heads than that of wealth , honourably acquired . A committee , composed of the most worthless inhabitants of Rouen , was formed , who in the name of , and for the use of the ...
... Robespierre and his agents , with no other crime upon their heads than that of wealth , honourably acquired . A committee , composed of the most worthless inhabitants of Rouen , was formed , who in the name of , and for the use of the ...
Page 90
... Robespierre , Collot d'Herbois , Carnot , and David . They were occupied in filling up the lists for the permanent guillotine , erected very near them , in la Place de la Revolution , which the executioners were then clearing of its ...
... Robespierre , Collot d'Herbois , Carnot , and David . They were occupied in filling up the lists for the permanent guillotine , erected very near them , in la Place de la Revolution , which the executioners were then clearing of its ...
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... Robespierre looked obliquely at him , and with his accustomed sharpness , interrupted him from proceeding further , by exclaiming , " What right , miscreant , have you to appear be- " fore us ? you are an agent of Pitt and Cobourg ...
... Robespierre looked obliquely at him , and with his accustomed sharpness , interrupted him from proceeding further , by exclaiming , " What right , miscreant , have you to appear be- " fore us ? you are an agent of Pitt and Cobourg ...
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