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The days of the Directoire (1910)

Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 395

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he Conventional-ist party, in opposition to the Constitutionalists) wereheld in the ci-devant Hotel de Salm, referred to inchapter lo above, in our day the Palais de la LegiondHonneur on the Quai dOrsay ; Sieyes and Madamede Stael were leading spirits. A woman already famous for her wit and… … .MADAME DE STAELFrom an illustration in Juniper Hall by Constance Hill CARNOT AND BARRAS 291 Councils of the majority of the Directoire. BenjaminConstant, another friend of Madame de Stael, was theorator of the faction. These three played an all-important part in the coming crisis.Carnots…

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