The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Hippolyte Taine
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[21] Arthur Young, June 9th, 24th, and 26th. - "La France libre," passim, by C. Desmoulins. [22] C. Desmoulins, letters to his father, and Arthur Young, June 9th. [23] Montjoie, 2nd part, 69, 77, 124, 144. C. Desmoulins, letter, of June 24th and the following days. [24] Etienne Dumont, "Souvenirs," p.72. - C. Desmoulins, letter of; June 24th. - Arthur Young, June 25th. - Buchez and Roux, II. 28. [25] Bailly, I. 227 and 179. - Monnier, "Recherches sur les causes," etc. I. 289, 291; II.61; -- Malouet, I. 299; II. 10. -- "Actes des Apôtres," V.43. (Letter of M. de Guillermy, July 31st, 1790). - Marmontel, I. 28: "The people came even into the Assembly, to encourage their partisans, to select and indicate their victims, and to terrify the feeble with the dreadful trial of open balloting." [26] Manuscript letters of M. Boullé, deputy, to the municipal authorities of Pontivy, from May 1st, 1789, to September 4th, 1790 (communicated by M. Rosenzweig, archivist at Vannes). June 16th, 1789: "The crowd gathered around the hall . . . was, during these days, from 3,000 to 4,000 persons." [27] Letters of M. Boullé, June 23rd. "How sublime the moment, that in which we enthusiastically bind ourselves to the country by a new |
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