Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, New York : John Lane · leaf 287
tives ofthe people were accorded the senatorial purple, askings are decked out even after death with all theinsignia of Royalty—a poor form of flattery that inno wise saves the princely bodies from putrefactionor their names from oblivion ! The Directoire had been given the robes ofchivalry and the… … FRENCH COS! IMF,, 179S(Directoire) COSTUME 203 robes ! The Directors deemed themselves veritableBayards, and the Representatives Aristides andCatos. When the question was debated of adoptingcostumes, many able men, following the views ofJean-Jacques Rousseau, believed in the good in-fluence they…
Costume -- France · France -- History Directory, 1795-1799 · France -- Social life and customs
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