The History of the French Revolution, Volume 2

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Page 142 - Slavery : a work wherein the clandestine and villainous attempts of princes to ruin liberty are pointed out, and the dreadful scenes of despotism disclosed ; to which is prefixed An Address to the Electors of Great Britain, in order to draw their timely attention to the choice of proper representatives in the next Parliament.
Page 156 - The National Convention declared that she would afford succor and fraternity to all nations who wished to recover their liberty ; and she gave it in charge to the executive power to give orders to the generals of the French armies to aid all citizens who might have been or should be oppressed in the cause of liberty.
Page 76 - To a very beautiful person, Madame Roland united great powers of intellect ; her reputation stood very high, and her friends never spoke of her but with the most profound respect. In character she was a Cornelia ; and had she been blessed with sons, would have educated them like the Gracchi. The simplicity of her dress did not detract from her natural grace and elegance, and...
Page 72 - He could not endure the nobility. While he was obliged to bend before it, he was content with abusing it, as he could do no more : but when the course of events had placed him in a position to crush those he hated, he rushed on them with the rage of a tiger, and tore them to pieces with delight. I have heard him say, nearly like Caligula, that he wished the nobles had but one head, that he might strike it off at a single blow. In 1793, during the trial of Louis XVI., he was solicited to be favourable...
Page 201 - I was never afraid that my conduct should be publicly examined ; but it wounds me to the heart to find, in the act of accusation, the imputation that I caused the blood of the people to be spilt ; and, above all, that the calamitous events of the 10th of August are attributed to me. " I confess that the multiplied proofs which I have given at all times of my love for the people, and the manner in which I have always conducted myself, ought, in my opinion, to demonstrate that I was not afraid to expose...
Page 161 - ... at the queen and princesses. Some national guards, who were amused with these indignities, came about him, burst into fits of laughter at every puff of smoke, and used the grossest language ; some of them went so far as to bring chairs from the guard-room to sit and enjoy the sight, obstructing the passage, of itself sufficiently narrow.
Page 25 - Let the reader fancy to himself a vast metropolis, the streets of which were a few days before alive with the concourse of carriages, and with citizens constantly passing and repassing — let him fancy to himself, I say, streets so populous and so animated, suddenly struck with the dead silence of the grave, before sunset, on a fine summer evening. All the shops are shut ; everybody retires into the interior of his house, trembling for life and property ; all are in fearful expectation of the events...
Page 224 - ... intelligence of his condemnation. " At a quarter past ten, the king rose first ; they all followed. I opened the door. The queen held the king by his right arm ; their majesties gave each a hand to the dauphin. Madame Royale, on the king's left, had her arms round his body ; and behind her, Madame Elizabeth, on the same side, had taken his arm.
Page 223 - After a long conversation, interrupted by silence and grief, the King put an end to the painful meeting, agreeing to see his family again at eight the next morning. " Do you promise that you will ? " earnestly inquired the Princesses. " Yes, yes," sorrowfully replied the King.
Page 139 - November, 1809, he was married, at Palermo, to the princess Amelia, daughter of the king of Sicily. After the fall of Napoleon, he returned to Paris, and enjoyed the happiness of finding himself in a country which had not forgotten his former services. On the return of Napoleon, in 1815, he sent his family to England, and was ordered by the king to take command of the department of the North.

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