Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France
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almost touching the guillotine: Bienvenu 234
I am from no faction: Gilles 183
It’s the blood of Danton: Houssaye 5
Until now I…of the traitors: Gilles 185
Do you suffer, your majesty: Lyons 125
when the Thermidoreans killed Robespierre: Bienvenu 3
victory of representative…most tragic discourse: The next quotations, Furet Interpreting 58, 61
too near a…oppose nor govern: Fouché 15
at last, France is free: Aulard La Réaction I, 6
To finish the revolution: HMW 1796 IV, 172
Tallien! Thou raised thyself: Mercier New Picture II, 89
still pleased with…openness of heart: Wollstonecraft 259
I would prefer…weapon of tyranny: The next quotations, Bienvenu 234, 305
Terror is a…of the soul: Lajer-Burcharth 16
Je me porte…me porte bien: HMW 1796 III, 181
the most beautiful day: Gilles 191 (letter to Charles de Pougens)
Chapter 16 · ÉPOUSE
No-one was unaware…heart to everyone: Gilles 201
She seemed to us: Lacretelle 196
evil genius: Bienvenu 333
burst forth with uncontrollable energy: HMW 1796 III, 2
Life began again: Lacretelle 200
Men’s hearts and minds: Gastine 121, quoting Lacretelle
The theatres, the public walks: HMW 1796 III, 190
absolutely indispensable: Gilles 200
an unheard-of impoliteness: Frénilly 129
Tallien loves you…and very busy: Gilles 200
The greatest of all miracles: Mercier New Picture v We demand from Tallien: Bourquin 259
Villain, I have…of the people: Gilles 195
the entire audience was standing: Stuart 153, quoting Pasquier
The men who had taken: Bienvenu 335
The new revolution which: Herold 156
strange character of uncertainty: Tocqueville 222, quoting Meister
That woman is capable of: Gilles 203
Subsistence is always the subject: Aulard La Réaction I, 340
universal brocantage: Meister 124
Nothing was either…was a conspiracy: Frénilly 129
When one comes through: Gilles 133
We speak of…affection and respect: Ferrus 154
This, citizens, this is: Gilles 214
I would like so much: Jullien 314
a necessary introduction to good: HMW 1796 III, 2
People speak of patriotism: Meister 190
that peach-blossom dress you: Ducrest I, 270
l’idole du jour: Bourquin 272
Never had fashion…rules and boundaries: Tocqueville 198
adding that it was not: Gastine 303
with inimitable grace: Abrantes Salons III, 145
One could not be more: Lacour 66
The beloved is always pictured: Kotzebue III, 149
fecund belles: Meister 127
intoxicated by the speed: Bruce 83
Despairing of escape from: Tocqueville 197
collective cultural mourning: Lajer-Burcharth 6
What do they do: Almeras 266
enjoyed the only role fitting: Bienvenu 328
the beautiful Mme Tallien always: Gay III, 83
Contracts might be for anything: Bruce 81, quoting Kotzebue
not the main…procured for others: Barras II, 65
It is impossible, no matter: Bienvenu 331
une nouvelle Antoinette: Gilles 213
The airs of a courtesan: Aulard La Réaction I, 374
to rebellion and…most violent excitement: The next quotations, Applewhite and Levy 74, 76
If you go…are all suckers: WRP 283
One hundred and forty-eight…: Hufton 47
hotbed of insurrection: Soboul BHÉSRF 23
inconveniences that might result: WRP 308
assess the revolution…far too high: Hufton in Johnson 166
But for me…so intoxicated me: Bourquin 295
To forget mistakes: Houssaye 8
Tallien’s company…thirst for success: Gilles 133
a lion sharing a cell: Lairtullier II, 298
with nothing in the way: Bienvenu 342
Tallien incapable of rising: Barras I, 391
Too much blood…repelled by him: Gilles 225
another attempt to realise: Furet and Richet 258
À demain les affaires: Gay III, 184
beautiful as in old romances: Girod de l’Ain 73
So, my friend, you have: Gilles 234
unconquerable passion: Barras II, 68
Chapter 17 · RETOURNEÉ
joyeuse, sur la route: Staël CG III, part 1, 332
Talking seemed everybody’s…of her life: Boigne 190
to begin life anew, but: Herold 153
There is, in…the most beautiful eyes…and inflicts his unhappines…with the desirable: the next quotations, Fairweather 183, 199, 200 (and Staël CG III, part 1, 158), 202
If France crumbles…they will win: Herold 158
honourable and unexpected…wife is arriving: The next quotations, Fairweather 205, 207
What things a man could: Herold 161
What do they do at: Almeras 266
frankly republican…talent, her principles: Bienvenu 329
Like the muse of history: Gastine 127
flesh-coloured pantaloons: Herold 168
We hear about…do the opposite: Fairweather 216 (slightly reworded)
graceful flattery…them to themselves: Staël Considerations II, 149
the principles of the revolution: Staël Ten Years 20
They hate you more: Herold 163
To speak of…their own use: Furet and Richet 262
would see to it that: Bruce 143
a corrupter of all those: Staël CG III, part 2, 43
ready-made: Barras II, 70
inventing a thousand…in your bed: Ouvrard I, 121
How could you…way with Bonaparte: Elliott 148.
got rid of her by: Frénilly 154
except from motives…they seemed, so to speak…It was a known fact…of her temperament: The next quotations, Barras II 66, 67, 67, 66
has not taken vows: Gower I, 177
I love you and will: Bruce 254
chère Thérésita…baisers bien tendres: Catinat 41
and see who is on: Abrantes Memoirs I, 250
a woman of so many: Turquan 103
Moved to tears at this: Gastine 207n.
Her humanity is…to be pitied: Gower I, 135
How shall a pure: Berger 179
by far the…admired at Paris: The next quotations, Gower I 138, 141
nothing but anarchy tempered by: Tocqueville 191
indifferents, who…like tragedy heroes: the next quotations, HMW 1801 II, 8, 3
seriously dignified and truly: Hunt 80
I still love…one’s own country: Staël CG IV, part 1, 23
When in public…9th of Thermidor: Frénilly 136
No man could equal: Bruce 35
Who has asked…both at once: Herold 179
Far from contesting…themselves men’s duties: Barras I, 104
entirely neglected: Gutwirth 381
men had found it politically: Berger 185
they perceived that there was: Mercier New Picture 31
Never have women…kill your revolution: Lajer-Burcharth 242
beautiful Athenian: Abrantes Salons III, 171
to the greatest…of the government: Gilles 271
breasts uncovered, heads tossing: Mercier Waiting City 76
to his wishes in order: Gower I, 135
all powerful…with the royalists: The next quotations, La Tour du Pin 304, 309
we will all perish by: Bruce 190
The end of the letter: La Tour du Pin 311
the best republican in France: Herold 178
tone of noble…of military violence: Staël Ten Years 4
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nbsp; bestowed very little attention: Talleyrand I, 196
constantly…act upon him: Staël Considerations II, 196
not like a…to do so: The next quotations, Staël Ten Years 5, 9
Genius has no sex: Herold 181
that he did not, and: Hortense I, 49
son and hero of the: Herold 180
Madam, I love…number of children: Fairweather 240
political rights: Herold 182
with an appearance of friendship: Chastenay 258
notre charmante Chaumière…the unfortunate Tallien: Gilles 284
The baroness among…see her again: Herold 183
in the shape of exile: Staël Corinne 29
Chapter 18 · ICÔNE
brilliant with youth…heart of gold: Constant Intermédiaire 873
She speaks of her caboche: Bourquin 305
reigned in peace until Juliette: Herriot I, 29
Afterwards, Juliette and Thérésia…: portrait seen by the author at the château de Chimay
her fine figure…in the shade: Herriot I, 29
Are not her…and ridiculous expressions: Plutarch I, 139–40
Avenge thus the arrogance: Houssaye 7
the perfect woman: Boigne 177
was the least of her: Herriot I, 44
wholly beautiful…she was seen: Boigne 167
a vain coquet…being so beauteous: Plutarch I, 145
seemed anxious to conceal: Ducrest I, 59
You intoxicate yourself: Lenormant Memoirs 56
to electrify the world: Lajer-Burcharth 344, quoting Bernadotte
the enthusiasm that I excited: Herriot I, 64
threw her a look of: Lenormant Memoirs 11
At each of…this fleeting pity: The next quotations, Herriot I, 47, 61, 62, 50
struck by the beauty of: Wagener 64
An expression at one: Levaillant 38
to portray a…I should use: Lenormant Madame Récamier, les amis…viii
Do not have a greater: Herriot I, 80
Say to me…to my heart: Faderman 80
Why, whether in love: Herold 289
I thought of nothing but: Wagener 64
The speed with which one: Fairweather 262
The wealth of France had: Hortense I, 56
In all her…no one else: Staël Corinne 91
recalling the legend of Psyche…: Lajer-Burcharth 278
beautiful white shoulders…full of men: Gower I, 377
bewildered by her isolation: Brookner 144
into a palace of rubies: Mercier New Picture II, 125
perpetual circle of…dangerously fascinating: Trotter 226–7
these enchanting places: Almeras 98
surrounded and almost overpowered by: Trotter 341
kissing and chewing the train: Lajer-Burcharth 258
If one is happy to: Abrantes Salons III, 154
the Directory fell by: Talleyrand I, 203
waiting for the first master: Roland Memoirs 155
I do not…all of those: Hunt 184
two powerful passions: Fouché 72
but that he…owes me everything: Bruce 283
What can be done: Fouché 76
with charming vivacity: Barras IV, 104
on the happiness…drafted by…positive…follow one’s convictions: The next quotations, Herold 185, 220, 220, 221
merely a question of dates: Loomis 104
I live with…tired of being…supervision of everything: The next quotations, Herold 225 (Fairweather 264), 245, 221
was once my…keep her out: The next quotations, Gastine 249, 246
Do you still…they are polite: Bruce 337
oriental etiquette: Staël Considerations II, 393
I hope that…of Citoyenne Bonaparte: Stuart 270
To have once loved Mme: Bruce 429
who was so timid without: Lenormant Memoirs 44
It was often…except its workings: Berger 46
every quality of…a gambler’s fervour: Stuart 160
Enamoured of the lubricities: Sade Zoloé 17
the baptism of the personal: Stuart 274
In short…what I think: Berger 4
Advise her not…yes or no: The next quotations, Herold 230, 228
A woman distinguished…laws of nature: Fairweather 341
You are right…know the reason: Staël Considerations II, 201
which is and always has: Gilles 304
Few women had had it: Gower I, 402–3
glittering, radiant beauty: Vigée-Lebrun 238
They say she talks about: Christiansen 133
the tyranny of public opinion: Fairweather 286
Women…all social institutions: Herold 238
He fears me…not my will: Fairweather 279
like an Irishman who kept: Herold 251
No, no, there is no: Fairweather 293
could never appear…bear life elsewhere: The next quotations, Herold 290, 245
What I want…stick to knitting: Fairweather 349
We need the notion of: Bruce 313
Public education is not suitable: Stuart 271
had not her first husband: Plutarch II, 311
It is all very well: Gastine 304
Nay, God forbid…in her hand: Kotzebue I, 219
He has not yet met: Lenormant Memoirs 53
I am not Mme Récamier’s: Levaillant 84
Chapter 19 · FEMMES
If I should deign: Houssaye 13
I own, madame: W. Russell, Extraordinary Women (London 1857) 211
revolutionary Fury: Roudinesco 152
expanded the soul: Lajer 17
What is most: Michelet 282
that received for humanity: Rosa 239
Although women were silenced: Landes 106
succeeded perfectly in carrying out: Outram in Porter 133
whether they…of the Republic!: The next quotations, HMW 1801 II, 52, 55
The Emperor has done: Fairweather 448
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