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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

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"Bologni? forces the return of a bond of twenty thousand livres
already paid to him." - Perrochaux demands of citoyenne Ollemard-Dudan
"fifty thousand livres, to prevent her imprisonment," and confiscates
for his own benefit sixty thousand livres worth of tobacco, in the
house of the widow Daigneau-Mallet, who, claiming it back, is led off
by him to prison under the pretext of interceding for her. - Chaux
frightens off by terrorism his competitors at auction sales, has all
the small farms on the Baroissi?re domain knocked down to him, and
exclaims concerning a place which suits him: "I know how to get it!
I'll have the owner arrested. He'll be very glad to let me have his
ground to get out of prison.' " - The collection is complete, and
gathered on a table, it offers specimens which can be found scattered
all over France.
VII. The Armed Forces.
The Armed Force, the National Guard and the Gendarmerie. - Its
purgation and composition. - The Revolutionary Armies in Paris and
in the departments. - Quality of the recruits. - Their employment.
- Their expeditions into the countryside and the towns. - Their
exploits in the vicinity of Paris and Lyons.


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