... tracts in the reign of Louis XVI. The sale of their woods, the letting of their pastures, of fishing rights, or ofthe office of wine-taster in grape-growingdistricts, formed the revenues ofthe rural ... and the Lady ofthe Bedchamber,both if they were there together, assisted by the First Woman and the two other women, did the principalservice; but there were distinctions among them. The Lady ... impede the government, but administrative boards, entrusted by the sovereign with the duty of watching over the interests ofthe people of their districts. The Assembly of Notables of 1787 and the...
... loses the confidence ofthe convention, on account ofthe disorders inCalvados. 19. The news reaches London of a naval action on the 18th of April between theFrench andEnglish. The army ofthe ... royal. July 2. Letter ofthe King to theFrench armies. 3. Suppression of all the staff-officers ofthe national guard of Paris. 4. Decreed, that the nation is in danger. The Duke of Brunswickarrives ... members complain of outrages committed on them, on account of votes they had given. 10. Attack and pillage ofthe palace of the Tuilleries. Massacre ofthe Swiss, and of a great number ofthe King's...
... before the end ofthe year. Legislation in the spring of added support for counter -revolution to the list of capitaloffences and the law of suspects of September widened the net ... distinct profession with its own rules 8 TheFrench revolutionary pressHugh GoughAny analysis oftheFrench press during theRevolution is made difficultby the contrast between the brevity ofthe ... Nathan,‘Habermas’s public sphere in the era oftheFrenchRevolution , French Historical Studies, (), –. JackR. Censer, TheFrench Press in the Age ofthe Enlightenment (London andNew...
... categories the type ofthe first is the doctrine ofthe equality of man; the type ofthe second is the mere machinery called "representative." The doctrine ofthe equality ofthe man is ... theRevolution and ofthe sanction which theRevolution gave them, nay, of their universality since the Revolution, have in reality nothing to do with the revolutionary theory itself. Of these ... preserved ofthe ancient world. In the towns were the colleges, the guilds, the discussion and the corporations which built up the life ofthe nation. The chief of these towns wasParis. The old...
... writing, their Petition of Grievances. The Chateau gates have to be shut; but the King willappear on the balcony, and speak to them. They have seen the King's face; their Petition of Grievances ... Golconda and the treasures ofthe world! In the heart ofthe remotest mountains rises the little Kirk; the Dead all slumbering round it, under their white memorial-stones, 'in hope of a happyresurrection:' ... rubbing their sides with their elbows: their faces haggard (figures haves), andcovered with their long greasy hair; the upper part ofthe visage waxing pale, the lower distorting itself intothe...
... AtCherbourg, on the 21st of July,[16] the two leaders ofthe riot are " highway robbers," who place themselvesat the head of women ofthe suburbs, foreign sailors, the populace ofthe harbor, ... hold them under its them pikes until it ispleased to slaughter them.VI. The Government and the nation in the hands ofthe revolutionary party.This time there can be no mistake: the Reign of ... their heads to the cellar ofthe Palais-Royal Others, in larger numbers, leftafter the occurrences ofthe 6th of October. During the last months ofthe Constituent Assembly,[35]" ;the emigration...
... isself-conceit the worst of sophists. Convinced of their superior enlightenment and ofthe purity of theirsentiments, they put forth the theory that the government should be in their hands. Consequently they ... oath.First of all, they clear the ground, and through the decrees forced out ofthe Constituent Assembly, they keepmost ofthe majority away from the polls. On the one hand, under the pretext of better ... struggle they take advantage ofthe coarsest and most destructive passions, ofthe blindness,credulity, and rage of an infatuated crowd, of dearth, of fear of bandits, of rumors of conspiracy, and of...
... AND OTHERS, CONCERNING THE FOREIGNRELATIONS OFTHE UNITED STATES DURING THE WHOLE REVOLUTION, TOGETHER WITH THE LETTERS IN REPLY FROM THE SECRET COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS, AND THE SECRETARY OF FOREIGN ... AFFAIRS.ALSO, THE ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE OFTHEFRENCH MINISTERS, GERARD AND LUZERNE WITHCONGRESS.Published under the Direction ofthe President ofthe United States, from the original Manuscripts of the Department ... and under the general regulations ofthe UnitedStates General of America. That the Congress ofthe United States shall, out of such grant, reserve the defraying or discharging ofthe public...
... though the King of Great Britain consents to make it the first article ofthe proposed treaty, yet, as neither the first nor the last article ofthe treaty can be of validity till the conclusion of it, ... more profitable, than that of the other laborers ofthe country. It will follow then, that so far as he consumes what he raises, the price will beentirely out ofthe question. If a bushel of grain ... agriculture; and on the third, because the expense of labor, which increases with the diminution of population, and the price of victualling the vessels employed in the transportation of their produce,...
... in favor ofthe owners ofthe said vessel.I have the honor to be, &c.BOUILLÉ.* * * * *MEMORIAL OFTHE COUNCIL OF DOMINICA. The Diplomatic Correspondence ofthe by Various 58 their commerce ... would be determined by the dissolution of the negotiation with Mr Cumberland. That the Court of Spain had informed the Court of London, on the firstproposal ofthe mediation ofthe Imperial Courts, ... independent ofthe United States. The high mediating powers have perceived the impossibility of such a proceeding, since they have themselves proposed to place the negotiation ofthe King,and that of the...
... letter of General Clinton, suspected of being a forgery Duplicity ofthe British agents inAmerica.Protest ofthe City of Amsterdam. Extracted from the Resolutions ofthe Council of that City ofthe ... written to the Committee, that the Court of Vienna found the pretensions of thisCourt extravagant. Its great objects ofthe war, are the possession ofthe entire navigation ofthe Gulf of Mexico, ... the virgin will insure the success of the expedition. I take the liberty of giving you this detail, as it marks the character of a part ofthe nation. Sensible The Diplomatic Correspondence of...
... with the outside world is the real story ofthe computer revolution. specify which block of track they wanted control of, and run a train from there. This was done by using several types of ... but it was sort of a waste in the minds ofthe hackers. What hackers had in mind was getting behind the console ofthe TX-0 much in the same way as getting in behind the throttle of a plane. Or, ... Spacewar, as it turned out, was the lasting legacy ofthe pioneers of MIT hacking. In the next couple of years many ofthe TX-0 and PDP-1 joyriders departed the Institute. Saunders would take...
... data on the hydraulicbehaviour of packed columns for the development of a new method for the standardpresentation ofthe fluid dynamics of columns with any type of packing design. The basic principles ... exp2i(2-33)where niis the number of test points.¯δuV,Flis the mean error in the determination of the gas velocity at the flooding point. The constant numerical value ofthe exponent n = 3.5 ... pressuredrop above the loading line as well as separation efficiency at the minimum ofthe curvent/H = f(uV). The advantages ofthe method developed by Beck lie mainly in the sim-ple use ofthe correlations,...