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Taine, Hippolyte, 1828-1893

"The French Revolution - Volume 3"

"In these times, the representatives had organized in Haut-Rhin
what they called a revolutionary army, composed of deserters and all
the vagabonds and scamps they could pick up who had belonged to the
popular club; they dragged along after it what they called judges and
a guillotine." - "Hua, "Souvenirs d'un Avocat," 196.
[151] Riouffe, "Memoires d'un det?nue." P.31.
[152] Ibid., "These balls were brought out ostentatiously and shown to
the people beforehand. The tying of our hands and passing three ropes
around our waists did not seem to him sufficient. We kept these irons
on the rest of the route, and they were so heavy that, if the carriage
had tilted to one side, we should inevitably have had our legs broken.
The gate-keepers of the conciergerie of Paris, who had held their
places nine-teen years, were astonished at it."
[153] Archives des Affaires ?trang?res, vol.331. (Letter of Haupt,
Belfort, Frimaire 13, year II.)
[154] Ibid. (Letter by Desgranges, Bordeaux, Frimaire 10.)
[155] Ibid., vol.332. (Letter of Thiberge, Marseilles, Frimaire 14.)
"I surrounded the town with my small army."
[156] Ibid., 331. (Orders of Representative Bassal, Besan?on Frimaire
5.


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