Barnave
Britishnoun
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Let us not flinch from condemning without respite or remission, not only Marat and Carrier, but also Barnave.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
Barnave is interesting only as referred to by Gautier; and so on.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
Various reforms were vainly brought forward; and they indicate, as well as the sudden understanding between Malouet and Barnave, that the deputies had little faith in the work they had accomplished.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
Barnave said he had to occupy their Majesties with the serious business on which he was sent, but would not trouble them with his personal wants.
From The Peasant and the Prince by Kronheim, Joseph Martin
Barnave, Talleyrand, Lameth, Dupont, Boissy d'Anglas, Portalis, Chénier, Rœderer, and Benjamin Constant, discussed at the place of familiar meeting many a half-formed decree, and many important state nominations.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 by Chambers, William
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