Brissot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Popkin quotes a contemporary’s description of Brissot: “It was impossible to dress more plainly than he did, to have a less elegant apartment . . . and to spend less money.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
The Marquis de Condorcet and Jacques Pierre Brissot were Girondins who lost their lives in the Terror before the abolition of slavery, for which they had long campaigned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
In 1989, during the French revolutionary bicentennial celebrations, Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon, but Brissot, who advocated the export of the revolution to other nations by force, remains a less-celebrated figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
“The First Emancipation” highlights Brissot, demonstrating that his revolutionary contribution has been unduly overlooked because, unlike other revolutionary figures such as Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre, he was not a striking personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
At this, Brissot whispered in my ear: 'It is the royal stable that she sees.
From Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier by Lever, Charles James
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