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The days of the Directoire (1910)

Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 81

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f theJacobins he had been so judicious as not to share theirexcesses and to avoid compromising himself withthem. After the 9 Thermidor, he waged war alter-nately on the Terrorists, the Royalists, and therefractory priests. He was a member of the Govern-mental Committees, and he brought to the… … JEAN KkA^C01^^ KEWBELLFrom tin: Collection of H. H. Raphael, Esq., M.P. NEW BROOMS 53 he was obstinate, ill-tempered, and excitable ; and attimes, instead of argument, he resorted in discus-sions to a violence of behaviour and speech thataccorded ill with the dignity he was invested with.Doubts had…

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