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Of the first victims of the Tribunal and the Guillotine he only says , in the very words of Mignet , several persons were condemned ; ' he does not even say executed- still less does he give any idea that they died in an unusual way ...
Of the first victims of the Tribunal and the Guillotine he only says , in the very words of Mignet , several persons were condemned ; ' he does not even say executed- still less does he give any idea that they died in an unusual way ...
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Robespierre sent this whole clique to the guillotine , and on the 13th of April , 1794 , Chaumette's own blood flowed to increase the horrors of which he had complained . The guillotine remained in permanence in the Place de la ...
Robespierre sent this whole clique to the guillotine , and on the 13th of April , 1794 , Chaumette's own blood flowed to increase the horrors of which he had complained . The guillotine remained in permanence in the Place de la ...
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Under the Directory , the Consulate , and the Empire , we do not find that any immoderate use was made of the guillotine ; * — the very name had become intolerably odious , and the ruling powers were reluctant to use it even on ...
Under the Directory , the Consulate , and the Empire , we do not find that any immoderate use was made of the guillotine ; * — the very name had become intolerably odious , and the ruling powers were reluctant to use it even on ...
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A Description of the Canals and Railroads of | 5 |
IntimeMouvement LittérairePortraits 17891836 | 375 |
426 note omit Madame de St Aignan who was certainly saved | 426 |
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, Volume 73 |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1843 |
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