Blanqui

British  

/ blɑ̃kɪ /

noun

1. Louis Auguste ( French lwi oɡyst). 1805–81, French revolutionary, who organized secret socialist societies and preached violent insurrection; he spent over 30 years in prison

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Blanqui

And to complete it, Blanqui was very careful not to seem to hear these little monkeys: they really frightened him.

From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Tocqueville, Alexis de

Blanqui, Pyat, & Co. never forgave Favre, Gambetta, & Co. for having forestalled them, and, above all, for not having shared the proceeds of the spoil.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Feeling hungry, I now went to the door of the Hôtel to get out, but I was told I could not do so without a permission from the citizen Blanqui.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

I need not say that this influence has not been restored by the absurd arrest to which he was subjected by Messrs. Flourens and Blanqui.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Labouchere, Henry

We were able to unite 40,000 men by telling the National Guards that Blanqui and Flourens occupied the Hôtel-de-Ville.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.