... tracts in the reign of Louis XVI. The sale of their woods, the letting of their pastures, of fishing rights, or of the office of wine-taster in grape-growing districts, formed the revenues of the rural ... and the Lady of the Bedchamber, both if they were there together, assisted by the First Woman and the two other women, did the principal service; 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 of the people of their districts. The Assembly of Notables of 1787 and the...
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The French revolutionary press
... before the end of the year. Legislation in the spring of added support for counter -revolution to the list of capital offences and the law of suspects of September widened the net ... distinct profession with its own rules 8 The French revolutionary press Hugh Gough Any analysis of the French press during the Revolution is made difficult by the contrast between the brevity of the ... Nathan, ‘Habermas’s public sphere in the era of the French Revolution , French Historical Studies, (), –. JackR. Censer, The French Press in the Age of the Enlightenment (London and New...
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Tài liệu The French Revolution ppt
... categories the type of the first is the doctrine of the equality of man; the type of the second is the mere machinery called "representative." The doctrine of the equality of the man is ... the Revolution and of the sanction which the Revolution gave them, nay, of their universality since the Revolution, have in reality nothing to do with the revolutionary theory itself. Of these ... preserved of the ancient world. In the towns were the colleges, the guilds, the discussion and the corporations which built up the life of the nation. The chief of these towns was Paris. The old...
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Tài liệu The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise pot
... defender of the members of the Convention, the man of the 13th of Vendémiaire, the murderer of the Duke of Enghien, the enemy of all the thrones of Europe, the author of the treachery of Bayonne, the ... honor, the widow of Marshal Lannes; the Countess of Luỗay, lady of the bed-chamber; the Duchess of Bassano, the Countesses of Montmorency, of Mortemart, and of Bouillé, maids of honor; the Bishop of ... through the streets of Vienna to visit the Cathedral and the principal churches, the Empress of Austria dared to ask the former Empress of the French to accompany the processions with the rest of the...
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In the Days of the Comet doc
... of Space and Time (1900) ã The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896) ã The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) ã The Sleeper Awakes (1910) ã The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (1902) ã The ... was farmland, there were parks and great mansions, the spire of a distant cathedral, and sometimes when the weather was near raining, the crests of remote mountains hung clearly in the sky. Beyond the ... means of estimating any need of that sort beforehand.) They had done this without even consulting the iron- masters of any other country. During their period of activity they had drawn into their...
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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY pptx
... writing, their Petition of Grievances. The Chateau gates have to be shut; but the King will appear on the balcony, and speak to them. They have seen the King's face; their Petition of Grievances ... Golconda and the treasures of the world! In the heart of the remotest mountains rises the little Kirk; the Dead all slumbering round it, under their white memorial-stones, 'in hope of a happy resurrection:' ... rubbing their sides with their elbows: their faces haggard (figures haves), and covered with their long greasy hair; the upper part of the visage waxing pale, the lower distorting itself into the...
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The French Revolution, Volume 1. pot
... At Cherbourg, on the 21st of July,[16] the two leaders of the riot are " highway robbers," who place themselves at the head of women of the suburbs, foreign sailors, the populace of the harbor, ... hold them under its them pikes until it is pleased to slaughter them. VI. The Government and the nation in the hands of the revolutionary party. This time there can be no mistake: the Reign of ... their heads to the cellar of the Palais-Royal Others, in larger numbers, left after the occurrences of the 6th of October. During the last months of the Constituent Assembly,[35] " ;the emigration...
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The French Revolution, Volume 2 potx
... is self-conceit the worst of sophists. Convinced of their superior enlightenment and of the purity of their sentiments, 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 of the Constituent Assembly, they keep most of the majority away from the polls. On the one hand, under the pretext of better ... struggle they take advantage of the coarsest and most destructive passions, of the blindness, credulity, and rage of an infatuated crowd, of dearth, of fear of bandits, of rumors of conspiracy, and of...
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Days of the Discoverers ppt
... as the French alphabet could spell out the gutturals. The youths in fact belonged to a tribe in the great confederacy of the Kanonghsionni, the People of the Long House or rather the lengthened ... the night of September 4, the watchman on one of the French ships anchored off shore saw the huge San Pelayo, the Spanish banner lifting sluggishly in the slow wind, coming up from the Days of ... the seafarers of northern France, the only bit of the Continent that was outside the shadow of the mighty power of Spain. That shadow was growing bigger and darker year by year. The heir to the...
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Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I pdf
... AND OTHERS, CONCERNING THE FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE 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 OF THE FRENCH MINISTERS, GERARD AND LUZERNE WITH CONGRESS. Published under the Direction of the President of the United States, from the original Manuscripts of the Department ... entreat the attention of Congress to my situation and requests. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the by Various 94 The Diplomatic Correspondence of the by Various The Project Gutenberg EBook of The...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. VIII pptx
... though the King of Great Britain consents to make it the first article of the proposed treaty, yet, as neither the first nor the last article of the treaty can be of validity till the conclusion of it, ... more profitable, than that of the other laborers of the country. It will follow then, that so far as he consumes what he raises, the price will be entirely out of the 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,...
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI doc
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The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX doc
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MUTUAL BANKING: SHOWING THE RADICAL DEFICIENCY OF THE PRESENT CIRCULATING MEDIUM, AND THE ADVANTAGES OF A FREE CURRENCY docx
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