[The Origins of Contemporary France Volume 2 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link bookThe Origins of Contemporary France Volume 2 (of 6) CHAPTER I 45/54
Chambroud reads the letter of the collector of customs of Lannion, in Brittany, to a priest, a member of the National Assembly.
He implores his influence to secure the acceptance of his civic oath and that of all his family, ready to wield either the censer, the cart, the scales, the sword, or the pen." On reading a number of these addresses the Assembly appears to be a supplement of the Petites Affiches (a small advertising journal in Paris).] [Footnote 2113: Moniteur, October 23, 1789.] [Footnote 2114: A well-known writer of children's stories .-- 21Tr.] [Footnote 2115: Ferrieres, II.
65 (June 10,1790) .-- De Montlosier, I. 402.
"One of these puppets came the following day to get his money of the Comte de Billancourt, mistaking him for the Duc de Liancourt. 'Monsieur,' says he, 'I am the man who played the Chaldean yesterday.'"] [Footnote 2116: Buchez and Roux, X.118 (June 16, 1791).] [Footnote 2117: See the printed list of deputies, with the indication of their baillage or senechaussee, quality, condition, and profession.] [Footnote 2118: De Bouille, 75 .-- When the King first saw the list of the deputies, he exclaimed," What would the nation have said if I had made up my council or the Notables in this way ?" (Buchez and Roux, IV.
39.)] [Footnote 2119: Gouverneur Morris, July 31, 1789.] [Footnote 2120: Gouverneur Morris, February 25, 1789 .-- Lafayette, "Memoires," V.492.Letter of Jefferson, February 14, 1815 .-- Arthur Young, June 27 and 29, 1789.] [Footnote 2121: Morris, July 1, 1789.] [Footnote 2122: Morris, July 4, 1789.] [Footnote 2123: Mallet du Pan, Mercure, September 26, 1789.] [Footnote 2124: Gouverneur Morris, January 24, 1790; November 22, 1790.] [Footnote 2125: Dumont, 33, 58, 62.] [Footnote 2126: Sir Samuel.
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