The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville
Excerpt: ...of the Chamber of Deputies during the last days of the Monarchy. He wore neither uniform nor musket, but only a little silver-hilted sword which he had slung at his side over his coat by a narrow white linen bandolier. I was touched to tears on seeing this venerable white-haired man thus accoutred. Won't you come and dine with us this evening? No, no, he replied; what would these good folk who are with me, and who know that I have more to lose than they by the victory of the insurrection-what would they say if they saw me leaving them to take it easy? No, I will share their repast and sleep here at their bivouac. The only thing I…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4589-3560-1
- EAN: 9781458935601
- Produktnummer: 5290665
- Verlag: Books LLC, Reference Series
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 100 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B18.9 cm x D0.5 cm 245 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 245
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