The Quarterly Review, 73. köideJohn Murray, 1843 |
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Page 238
... Guillotine . We shall endeavour , as far as our limited space and inade- quate means will allow , to do something - however little it be to supply this general deficiency . may The Guillotine was not originally designed with any view to ...
... Guillotine . We shall endeavour , as far as our limited space and inade- quate means will allow , to do something - however little it be to supply this general deficiency . may The Guillotine was not originally designed with any view to ...
Page 279
... guillotine was removed back to the scene of its longest triumphs - the Place de la Révolution - where on the 28th of July it avenged humanity on Robespierre and twenty - one of his followers : on the next day sixty - nine , and on the ...
... guillotine was removed back to the scene of its longest triumphs - the Place de la Révolution - where on the 28th of July it avenged humanity on Robespierre and twenty - one of his followers : on the next day sixty - nine , and on the ...
Page 280
... guillotine ; * — the very name had become intolerably odious , and the ruling powers were reluctant to use it even on legi- timate occasions . During the Restoration it was rarely employed , and never , as far as we recollect , for any ...
... guillotine ; * — the very name had become intolerably odious , and the ruling powers were reluctant to use it even on legi- timate occasions . During the Restoration it was rarely employed , and never , as far as we recollect , for any ...
Contents
Vaudois 1842 | 3 |
A Memoir of the Life and Writings of the late William | 27 |
Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of Ame | 113 |
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