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A Journal During a Residence in France, From the Beginning of August, to the Middle of December, 1792 (1)
A Journal During a Residence in France From the Beginning of August to the Middle of December 1792 - 1 Author:John Moore Subtitle: To Which Is Added, an Account of the Most Remarkable Events That Happened at Paris From That Time to the Death of the Late King of France Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1793 Original Publisher: G. G. J. and J. Robinson Description: Signatures: vol. 1: [A]2 B-2I8 2K4(-2K4); v. 2: [A]2(-[A]... more »2) B-2Q8 2R6(-2R6). Subjects: France History / Europe / France Travel / Europe / France Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: It will feem furprifmg that fuch a project teas produced in the National Aflembly, and was afterwards approved of by fome perfons without doors, vho quoted the examples of Scxvola, Pelopidas, Timoleon, Brutus, and drew a comparifon between this intended brigade of I 200, and the famous band of Greeks who obtained the appellation of the facred band. Without entering into the merits of this comparifon, it is evident that the publicity of the decree was a pretty fure means of rendering it ineffectual. A report was made to the Aflembly, that feveral members had been indirectly making application for paflports, that they might leave Paris at this crifis. It was immediately propofed to decree, that every deputy who fhould abandon his poft at this time, with or without a pafiport, tliould be declared infamous, and a traitor to his country. Thuriot faid, they ought to have fome mercy on thofe who quitted a poft of -which they felt themfelves unworthy. Français de Neufchateau propofed, (hat they fhould fwear, not to leave their duty as deputies till they fhould be replaced by thofe chofen for the National Convention. At the inftant all the members rofe and pronounced this refoludon ; an account of which was ordered to be fent to every department of Fra...« less