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... demands , he had implored the assistance of heaven , to direct him how to act in so difficult a situ- ation . Doubtless , said the cardi- nal , he was inspired , on this occa- son , by that holy spirit which had animated the primitive ...
... demands , he had implored the assistance of heaven , to direct him how to act in so difficult a situ- ation . Doubtless , said the cardi- nal , he was inspired , on this occa- son , by that holy spirit which had animated the primitive ...
Page 56
... demands for money were , it was said , equally ex- orbitant . For the latter of these objects , they required no less than one hundred millions . Nor was their arrogance inferior to their pro- fusion . They presumptuously de- manded ...
... demands for money were , it was said , equally ex- orbitant . For the latter of these objects , they required no less than one hundred millions . Nor was their arrogance inferior to their pro- fusion . They presumptuously de- manded ...
Page 63
... demands : exhorting them to continue true to the present constitution , and re- minding them of the solemn oath they had taken to maintain it . The minister of police , Lenvir Laroche , issued an address to the citizens of Paris ...
... demands : exhorting them to continue true to the present constitution , and re- minding them of the solemn oath they had taken to maintain it . The minister of police , Lenvir Laroche , issued an address to the citizens of Paris ...
Page 65
... demand of the directory the documents it had promised , relating to the march of the troops , requiring an answer in three days . and insisting , at the same time , on knowing what measures had been taken to put a stop to the violation ...
... demand of the directory the documents it had promised , relating to the march of the troops , requiring an answer in three days . and insisting , at the same time , on knowing what measures had been taken to put a stop to the violation ...
Page 66
... demands into consider- ation , and requested the directors , as the first magistrates of the repub- lic , to urge the propriety , and the necessity of doing justice to its faith- ful defenders . In the mean time , it was with the ...
... demands into consider- ation , and requested the directors , as the first magistrates of the repub- lic , to urge the propriety , and the necessity of doing justice to its faith- ful defenders . In the mean time , it was with the ...
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