...ench Revolution: A History (Volume Two) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...shed into a golden Royal Resi- dence; and Lafayette with his blue National Guards lies encompassing it, as blue Neptune (in the language of po- ets) d... ...g mostly on paper. For the Sol- diers at Jales, being peasants or National Guards, were in heart sworn Sansculottes; and all that the Royalist Cap- ta... ... batteries, in the deadly fire-hail; wriggling invin- cible from under his horse, at Closterkamp of the Nether- lands, though tethered with ‘crushed s... ...reserved for them. They assist in the toils of the Champ-de-Mars; each new troop will put its hand to the spade; lift a hod of earth on the Altar of t... ...ice, Bouille waits; struggling what he can to keep his district loyal, his troops faithful, his garrisons furnished. He maintains, as yet, with his Co... ...day. Ask Captain Dampmartin; an authentic, inge- nious literary officer of horse; who loves the Reign of Lib- erty, after a sort; yet has had his hear... ... be brought over to them, and the civil war commence.’ (Carra’s Newspaper, 1st Feb. 1791 (in Hist. Parl. ix. 39).) If indeed the Executive Chief Magis...

...TITUTION ...................................................................................................................... 6 BOOK 2.I. THE FEAST OF PIKES ............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 2.1.I. In the Tuileries. ..........................................................

...ch Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ..., ’ with rigour of authority, be made to this end. To search for arms; for horses,—Aristocratism rolls in its carriage, while Patrio- tism cannot trai... ...un- der of the knocker at some door, a Tricolor Commissioner with his blue Guards (black-guards!) arriving. All Streets are vacant, says Peltier; bese... ...ing’s Friends in Prison would burst out; force the Temple, set the King on horseback; and, joined by the unimprisoned, ride roughshod over us all. Thi... ... Dumouriez finds ghastly symptoms in that camp; ‘latrines full of blood!’ (1st October, 1792; Dumouriez, iii. 73.) The chivalrous King of Prussia, for... ... Spain first; but that France herself declared war first on both of them; (1st February; 7th March (Moniteur of these dates).)—a point of immense Parl... ... vehemence about Dumouriez, Maximum, and Crypto-Royalist Traitors, and his troop beat chorus with him, waving their Banner overhead, the eye of a Depu... ...ream- ers of it have Royal fleurs-de-lys! The Section-Captain shrieks; his troop shriek, horror-struck, and ‘trample the Banner under foot:’ seemingly...

........................................................................................................................... 77 Chapter 3.2.V. Stretching of Formulas. ............................................................................................................................ 80 Chapter 3.2.VI. At the Bar. ...........................................................

...omas Carlyle A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Life of John Sterling by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania Sta... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... Sterling, with her children and effects, all in one big carriage with two horses, made the journey to Dieppe; in perfect safety, though in continual ... ...he Church) not,—”a black dragoon in every parish, on good pay and rations, horse-meat and man’s-meat, to patrol and battle for these things?” The “bla... ... fields, for Sterling. His Father, Lieu- tenant-General Barton of the Life-guards, an Irish land- lord, I think in Fermanagh County, and a man of conn... ...s, which were making all sail towards Malaga; and, on shore, all manner of troops and detached parties were in motion, to render a retreat to Gibralta... ...eiz- ing his vessels, so soon as he is disembarked. The country is all up; troops scouring the coast everywhere: no possi- bility of getting into Mala... ...erling, Esq., Knightsbridge, London. “Portshead, Bristol, 1st Sept., 1840. “My Dear Father,—This place is a southern headland at the ... ...reward is! A good lesson for us all.” To the Same. “February 1st, 1842.—English Toryism has, even in my eyes, about as much to say for i...

...Introduction: Near seven years ago, a short while before his death in 1844, John Sterling committed the care of his literary Character and printed Writings to two friends, Archdeacon Hare and myself. His estimate of the bequest was far from overweening; to few men could the small sum-total of his activities in this world seem more i...

...ATION The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like haltered gin-horses, if blind so much the quieter? Or they that in the Bicetre Hospital,... ...e has not only his Maison-Bouche, and Valetaille without end, but his very Troop of Players, with their pasteboard coulisses, thunder-barrels, their k... ...ns, like prayer by machinery; proclaiming, as in a kind of horrid diabolic horse-laughter, Van- ity of vanities, all is Vanity! Chapter 1.1.IV. Louis ... ...inexorable! Yes, poor Louis, Death has found thee. No palace walls or life-guards, gorgeous tapestries or gilt buckram of stiffest ceremonial could ke... ...n philanthropic Voyage of Discovery; for the King knows Geography. (August 1st, 1785.) But, alas, this also will not prosper: the brave Navi- gator go... ...rty, is in the Bois de Boulogne, waiting; though it is drizzly winter; the 1st of December 1783. The whole chivalry of France, Duke de Chartres foremo... ... Petitions of bakers against millers; and at length, in the month of April—troops of ragged Lackalls, and fierce cries of starva- tion! These are the ...

...E ................................................................................................................................ 12 BOOK 1.I. DEATH OF LOUIS XV. ........................................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 1.1.I. Louis the Well-Beloved. .................................................

...ench Revolution: A History (Volume One) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Penn- sylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furn... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ... or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like haltered gin-horses, if blind so much the quieter? Or they that in the Bicetre Hospital,... ...e has not only his Maison-Bouche, and Valetaille without end, but his very Troop of Players, with their pasteboard coulisses, thunder-barrels, their k... ...ns, like prayer by machinery; proclaiming, as in a kind of horrid diabolic horse-laughter, Vanity of vanities, all is Vanity! Chapter 1.1.IV. Louis th... ...inexorable! Yes, poor Louis, Death has found thee. No palace walls or life-guards, gorgeous tapestries or gilt buckram of stiffest ceremonial could ke... ...philanthropic Voyage of Discovery; for the King knows Geography. (Au- gust 1st, 1785.) But, alas, this also will not prosper: the brave Navigator goes... ...rty, is in the Bois de Boulogne, waiting; though it is drizzly winter; the 1st of December 1783. The whole chivalry of France, Duke de Chartres foremo... ...titions of bak- ers against millers; and at length, in the month of April— troops of ragged Lackalls, and fierce cries of starvation! These are the th...

... .................................................................................................................................. 6 BOOK 1.I. DEATH OF LOUIS XV. ............................................................................................................................. 6 Chapter 1.1.I. Louis the Well-Beloved. ................................................