[The Origins of Contemporary France<br> Volume 4 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book
The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 4 (of 6)

CHAPTER II
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At Lyons, Marin, the commissioner, "a tall, powerful, robust man with stentorian lungs," opens his court with a volley of "republican oaths...

"..

The crowd of supplicants melts away.

One lady alone dared present her petition.

"Who are you ?" She gives her name.
"What! You have the audacity to mention a traitor's name in this place ?" Get away and, giving her a push, he put her outside the door with a kick.] [Footnote 32100: Ibid.


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