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

You must not take the vaporings and bombast of the Paris Bourgeois or the ranting of Blanqui and the Belleville roughs as the voice of France.

From A Girl of the Commune by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Blanqui used to say—according to Kropotkin—that there were in Paris fifty thousand men ready at any moment for an insurrection.

From Violence and the Labor Movement by Robert Hunter

I had the pleasure to see the "venerable" Blanqui led up the steps by his admirers.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

In the evening I went to the Club Rue d'Arras, which is presided over by the "venerable" Blanqui in person, and where the Ultras of the Ultras congregate.

From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

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 P. Lissagary