[The Origins of Contemporary France Volume 3 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link bookThe Origins of Contemporary France Volume 3 (of 6) CHAPTER I 71/97
'Marat,' said he, 'remained six weeks sitting on one thigh in a dungeon.' "-- Barbaroux, 64.] [Footnote 3167: Weber, II.348.Collot dwells at length, "in cool-blooded gaiety," on the murder of Madame de Lamballe and on the abominations to which her corpse was subjected.
"He added, with a sigh of regret, that if he had been consulted he would have had the head of Madame de Lamballe served in a covered dish for the queen's supper."] [Footnote 3168: On the part played by Robespierre and his presence constantly at the Commune see Granier de Cassagnac, II. 55 .-- Mortimer-Ternaux, III.205.Speech by Robespierre at the commune, Sept.
1: "No one dares name the traitors.
Well, I give their names for the safety of the people: I denounce the libertycide Brissot, the Girondist factionists, the rascally commission of the Twenty-One in the National Assembly; I denounce them for having sold France to Brunswick, and for having taken in advance the reward for their dastardly act." On the 2nd of September he repeats his denunciation, and consequently on that day warrants are issued by the committee of supervision against thirty deputies and against Brissot and Roland (Mortimer-Ternaux, III. 216, 247).] [Footnote 3169: "Proces-verbaux de la Commune," Aug. 30 .-- Mortimer-Ternaux, III.
217 (resolutions of the sections Poissonniere and Luxembourg) .-- Granier de Cassagnac, II.
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