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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 2 (of 6)

CHAPTER I
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They are trodden under foot, and their houses are ransacked.

At Manosque, the Bishop of Sisteron, who is visiting the seminary, is accused of favoring a monopolist.

On his way to his carriage, on foot, he is hooted and menaced.

He is first pelted with mud, and then with stones.

The consuls in attendance, and the sub-delegate, who come to his assistance, are mauled and repulsed.


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