FOULON, bad repute of, sobriquet, funeral of, alive, judged, massacred. FOURNIER, and Orleans Prisoners. FOY, Cafe de, revolutionary. FRANCE, abject, under Louis XV., Kings of, early history of, decay of Kingship in, on accession of Louis XVI., and Philosophy, famine in, 1775, state of, prior Revolution, aids America, in 1788, inflammable, July 1789, gibbets, general overturn, how to reform, riotousness of, Mirabeau and, after King's flight, petitions against Royalty, warfare of towns in, European league against, terror of, in Spring 1792, decree of war, France in danger, general enlisting, rage of, Autumn 1792, Marat's Circular, September, Sansculottic, declaration of war, Mountain and Girondins divide, communes of, coalition against, levy in mass.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
It seems, in the first place, that Theseus of his own free will, and without any compulsion, when he might have reigned peacefully in Troezen, where he was heir to the kingdom, no mean one, longed to accomplish heroic deeds: whereas Romulus was an exile, and in the position of a slave; the fear of death was hanging over him if unsuccessful, and so, as Plato says, he was made brave by sheer terror, and through fear of suffering death and torture was forced into doing great exploits.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch
Of the latter class of officers the following were in the Royal establishment: Carrick, Bute, Dingwall, Kintyre, Ormonde, Unicorn; but we also find Aliszai or Alishay, Dragance, Diligens, Montrose, Falkland, Ireland, Darnaway, Garioch, Ettrick, Hales, Lindsay, Endure, Douglas, and Angus.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
“An’ I chuckled ter myse’f dat I’se er settin my feet in de gates er glory!
— from The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.
At some remote periods, therefore, we might suppose more extensive portions of the mountain to have fallen in during great earthquakes.
— from Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Don Giovanni, e L'Assur Re d'Ormus.
— from Early American Plays, 1714-1830 A Compilation of the Titles of Plays and Dramatic Poems Written by Authors Born in or Residing in North America Previous to 1830 by Oscar Wegelin
fo' I does git er chance.
— from The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read
[173] The number of ribs varies from twelve ( Camelus , Hydropotes ) through thirteen ( Cervus , Gazella ) to fourteen in Dicotyles , Giraffa , etc.
— from Mammalia by Frank E. (Frank Evers) Beddard
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