The General Biographical Dictionary
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ISBN13: 9780217890489
Paperback|9780217890489
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ' t he found them to be officers from the revolutionary tribunal come to arrest his daughter and her husband, who had formerly been president of the parliament of Paris. The separation of these persons from his family was deeply afflicting to his heart, and it is probable that his own arrest shortly after was a relief to his feelings. He had long been esteemed as father of the village in which he lived, and the rustic inhabitants crowded round to take leave of their ancient benefactor with tears and benedictions. Four of the municipality accompanied him to Paris, that he might .not be escorted by soldiers like a criminal. He was shut up in prison with his unfortunate family; and in a few days the guillotine separated his son-in-law Lepelletier from his wife; and the accusation of Malesherbes with his daughter and grand-daughter, for a conspiracy against the liberties of the people, was followed, as a matter of course, by a sentence of death. The real crime, as it was basely denominated, of this excellent man and worthy patriot, and which the convention never pardoned, was his defence of the king, an act in which he gloried to the latest hour of his existence. He probably thought it an honour to die by the same ruffian hands that had spilt the blood of his master. The condemnation of the females almost overcame the manly fortitude which he displayed in every personal suffering; his courage, however, returned at the prison, and they prepared for the death which was the last and only important event that they had to encounter. His daughter had exhibited the noble spirit with which she was inspired, for upon taking leave of mademoiselle Sombreuil, who had saved her father's life on the second of September, she said to her, You have had the happiness to preserve your father, I...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217890489 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217890482 |
| Weight | 1.17 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 In |
| List Price | $27.83 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 360 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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