Henderson, Ernest F. (Ernest Flagg), 1861-1928 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's Sons · leaf 266
to take the moonin his teeth—an allusion to the well-known Frenchidiom which means attempting the impossible. Marie Antoinette and the court were in a regu-lar panic. The Queen wrote to her faithful MercydArgenteau and begged him to see that thearmy raised by the Emperor be sufficiently large.But… … Plate loo. A cartoon showing the emigres and the foreign powers stirring the flames and giving the deputies assembled at the Jacobin Club a hot time. The deputies are dancing around in agony. 227 228 The French Revolution suddenly appeared at the Tuileries in disguise.He was ready to arrange a new…
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