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Robespierre assailed the cosmopolitan for being a German baron, for having four thousand pounds a year, and for striking his sans-culottism some notes higher than the regular pitch.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) Essay 1: Robespierre by Morley, John

If you adopt this truth in its false, perverted form, then, at certain times, this will produce the most terrible devastation, as was the case in the period of sans-culottism.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno

The horse business was certainly in the best vein of sans-culottism.

From The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series by Sabatini, Rafael

In close proximity to these cheap plates, dedicated to the Phrygian cap and sans-culottism, are the very choicest specimens of Nevers faïence of priceless value.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

We wish to know if a cultural, a literary sans-culottism is possible, except with chaos as a goal.

From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Canby, Henry Seidel