Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 289
tatives 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… … FRENCH COSTUMP:, 1798 (Directpii-c) 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…
French Revolution, 1795-1799 (Directoire) · Costume, French · France -- Social life and customs
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