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Excerpt from Reign of Terror; Historically and Biographically Treated: Being a Compend of the French Revolution, From Its Commencement to the Fall of Robespierre; Compiled From the Most Authentic Writers
Chap. I. - Condition of France previous to the Revolution. Louis XIV.
Louis XV. Licentiousness of the Nobihty, the Clergy, and the oppressed state of the Common People. Prodigality of the Monarchs and their Mistresses. Madame Pompadour. Madame Dubarri. Immense Revenues of the Church. Lettres-de-cachet, &0. Louis XVI his character. Trou bled State of Finances. Meeting of the states-general. Division be tween the Deputies of the tiers-emu or common people and the De puties of the Noblesse and Clergy. The Oath of the Tennis Court. Plots of the Court. 1mirabeau. The Palais Royal. Exe1ted state ofpar1s 011 the 11th July, 1789. Camille Desmoulines. Fracas between the soldiers and the populace, Sunday, the 12th of July, Increase of popular exmtement, Scenes at the Hotel de-v1lle. All Paris 1n com1notior1, a universal demand for arms, and the cry of to the Bastille. L Attack by the populace upo'n the Bastille Its defence. Arming. Tumult and Vengeance. The Bastille taken. Death of De Launay and of M. De Flesselles. Destruction of the Bastille. The tidings of these events as received at Versailles by the Court and the National Assembly. Eloquence of Mirabeau. The King's visit to the Assembly. Marie Antoinette. Rejoicings of the Parisians. Etc.
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