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The days of the Directoire (1910)

Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 315

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irectorial Government having, indeed, abundance of other pressing business on their hands, and the majority in the Councils apparently being only half-hearted in their attitude towards these miscreants. The Directoire sent, on i6 Messidor (An V), to the Council of the Five Hundred a message wherein… … LA ROCHEJAQUELEIN {F-i-0711 an engrazing by T. M. Fontaine) IMPRESSIONS OF RURAL FRANCE 223 at Lyons for purposes of assassination. It demandedthat, in order to put an end to these horrors and tothe impunity the assassins had hitherto enjoyed, bothlegislative sanctions and funds should be placed…

French Revolution, 1795-1799 (Directoire) · Costume, French · France -- Social life and customs

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