Babeuf
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Babeuf
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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Babeuf, arrested on the 10th of May, was sentenced to death a year later by a special court, and executed.
From The French Revolution A Short History by Johnston, R. M. (Robert Matteson)
The insurrection of Babeuf, 1796, bore certainly the communistic stamp; but, as we now know, it was without any response from the masses, who were finally tired of revolution.
From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Sombart, Werner
In the communistic conspiracy of Babeuf he nearly lost his life, and for a time he lived in a cavern, underground.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
The Beginnings of Modern Communism.—As early as 1796 Babeuf published in Paris a communistic manifesto which maintained the thesis that natural law gives all men an equal right to the enjoyment of all goods.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
This was an attitude which had few supporters, even in the Jacobin club, and in October Babeuf was arrested and sent to prison at Arras.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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