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Symbol and satire in the French Revolution (1912)

Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 102

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im. Foulonwas arrested at the country house of a friend, aMonsieur de Sartines, and because either he orMonsieur de Sartines—no one was quite sure which—had asked why the people if they were so hun-gry did not eat hay^, was sent to Paris with abundle of hay on His back and a bunch of thistlesin his… … ktJ:- ■:-■■ ■ ^- ■/ ■ ■ ^•/ Plate 25. A portrait of Bailly over which is the national cockadewith the motto In hoc signo vicimus. 63 64 The French Revolution his head was stuck on a lance and, with a wisp ofhay fastened in his mouth, was paraded about thestreets. The wisp of hay in his mouth was,…

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