 | John Pinkerton - 1809 - 770 pagine
...gratification of pri. 14 vate 4i6 YOUNG'S TRAVELS IM FRANCE. vate revenge, to tear a man from the bofom of his family, and bury him in a dungeon, where he would exift forgotten, and die unknown * ! — But fuch exceffes could not be common in any country ; and... | |
 | 1814 - 434 pagine
...prominent Sex.' ut-; , : ': c despotism of France. They-. .T • iainly carried to an exce=s haio./ -.die; to the length of being sold, with blanks, to be filled...a dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown'.1 — But such excesses could not be common in any country ; and they were reduced almost... | |
 | 1815 - 438 pagine
...purchaser ; who was thus able, in the gratification of private revenge, to tear a man from the bosom ol hit family, and bury him in a dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown!* But such -excesses could not be common in any country ; and they were reduced almost to nothing, from... | |
 | Hewson Clarke - 1816 - 690 pagine
...was thus able, in the gratification of private revenge, to tear a man from the bosom of his familv, and bury him in a dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown ! An anecdote, which I have from an authority to be depended on, will explain the profligacy of government... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1889 - 472 pagine
...as the most prominent features of the despotism of Prance. They were certainly carried to an access hardly credible ; to the length of being sold, with...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown ! ' — But such excesses could not be common in any 1 An anecdote, which I have from an authority... | |
 | Justin Huntly McCarthy - 1890 - 694 pagine
...not well informed, as the most prominent features of the despotism of France. They were, certainly, carried to an excess hardly credible ; to the length...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten and die unknown. But Arthur Young was clear-minded enough to see that such excesses could not be common in any country,... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1892 - 452 pagine
...to an access hardly credible ; to the length of being sold, with blanks, to be filled up with nanies at the pleasure of the purchaser ; who was thus able,...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown ! 1 — But such excesses could not be common in any 1 An anecdote, which I have from an authority... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1906 - 690 pagine
...as the most prominent features of the despotism of France. They were certainly carried to an access hardly credible ; to the length of being sold, with...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown ! 1 — But such excesses could not be common in any 1 An anecdote, which I have from an authority... | |
 | Arthur Young - 1906 - 474 pagine
...certainly carried to an access hardly credible ; to the length of being sold, with blanks, to be tilled up with names at the pleasure of the purchaser ; who...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown ! ' — But such excesses could not be common in any 1 An anecdote, which I have from an authority... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 506 pagine
...people not well informed, as the most prominent features of the despotism of France. They were certainly carried to an excess hardly credible ; to the length...dungeon, where he would exist forgotten, and die unknown !* But such excesses could not be common in any country ; and they were reduced almost to nothing,... | |
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XV. made them esteemed in England, by people not well informed, as the most prominent features of the despotism of France. They were certainly carried to an excess hardly credible ; to the length of being sold, with blanks, to be filled up with names... 
