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" His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people; it is worth showing. "
The French revolution, sketches - Page 160
by French revolution, 1789 - 1799 - 80 pages
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A Gallery of Literary Portraits

George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1845 - 500 pages
...to himself, " Oh, my dear wife, shall I never see thee more, then ! but, Danton, no weakness" — to the executioner, "Thou wilt show my head to the people — it is worth showing." Surely this man had in him the elements of a noble boin^, and, had he lived, would, as effectually...
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Sketches of Modern Literature, and Eminent Literary Men ...

George Gilfillan - Authors - 1846 - 508 pages
...to himself, "Oh, my dear wife, shall I never see thee more, then ! but, Danton, no weakness" — to the executioner, " Thou wilt show my head to the people — it is worth showing." Surely this man had in him the elements of a noble being, and, had he lived, would, as effectually...
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The French Revolution: A History, Part 2

Thomas Carlyle - France - 1846 - 476 pages
...heads will meet there," in the Headsman's sack. His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: " Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing." So passes, like a gigantic mass, of valour, ostentation, fury, affection and wild revolutionary force...
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A First Gallery of Literary Portraits, Volume 1

George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1851 - 316 pages
...to himself, "Oh, my dear wife, shall I never see thee more, then! but, Danton, no weakness" — to the executioner, " Thou wilt show my head to the people — it is worth showing." Surely this man had in him the elements of a noble being, and, had he lived, would, as effectually...
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The Pictorial Cyclopaedia of Biography: Embracing a Series of Original ...

Elihu Rich - Biography - 1856 - 1080 pages
...proudly exclaimed, ' Gome, Danton, no weakness ! ' and turning to the headsman uttered his last words, ' Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing.' The next moment his head fell, and the executioner, catching it from the basket, carried it round the scaffold...
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Citoyenne Jacqueline: A Woman's Lot in the Great French Revolution, Volume 1

Sarah Tytler - France - 1865 - 520 pages
...rebuked himself with the memorable words, " No weakness, Danton," and turned and said to Samson, " Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing." Another victim in the genial April was Madame Elizabeth, styling herself bravely on the day of her...
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Citoyenne Jacqueline, by Sarah Tytler, Volume 3

Henrietta Keddie - 1865 - 264 pages
...rebuked himself with the memorable words, " No weakness, Danton," and turned and said to Samson. '' Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing." Another victim in the genial April was Madame Elizabeth, styling herself bravely on the day of her...
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Collected Works, Volume 4

Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 460 pages
...heads will meet there," in the Headsman's sack. His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: "Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing." So passes, like a gigantic mass of valour, ostentation, fury, affection and wild revolutionary force...
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Ludwig und Karl Grafen und Herren von Zinzendorf: Minister unter Maria ...

Ed. Gaston Graf von Pettenegg, Ludwig Friedrich Julius Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (Graf und Herr von) - Austria - 1879 - 726 pages
...heads will meet there,'1 in the Headsman's sack. His last words were to Samson the Headsman himself: ' Thou wilt show my head to the people ; it is worth showing.' So passes, like a gigantic mass of valour, ostentation, fury, [Year a affection and wild revolutionary...
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French History for English Children

Sarah Brook - France - 1881 - 496 pages
...been before him. When he was on the scaffold he said to himself, " Danton, no weakness ;" and then to the executioner, " Thou wilt show my head to the people, it is worth showing." These were his last words. Eobespierre was left, and Eobespierre was now the most powerful man in Prance....
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