. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Marie Antoinette, had joined Prussiain attacking France. As the foes advanced, the French patriots, madly in lovewith their new Liberty, rose as one man to oppose them. A young artil-lery officer, Roget de LIsle, had written a patriotic song, the sang it to a gathering of friends, and they, thrilled by its stirring strains,spread the musi
. The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation . Marie Antoinette, had joined Prussiain attacking France. As the foes advanced, the French patriots, madly in lovewith their new Liberty, rose as one man to oppose them. A young artil-lery officer, Roget de LIsle, had written a patriotic song, the sang it to a gathering of friends, and they, thrilled by its stirring strains,spread the music everywhere through France. It became the national hymn,and the people, chanting it in every village, gathered against the enemies ofFrance and Liberty. A new assembly, the National Convention, was summoned, and its firstact was to declare the land a republic (September 21, 1792). Then the Kingwas tried as a traitor. He was summoned before the Convention, not as King,but as Louis Capet, and was condemned to death, and executed (January 21,1793)- The ancient French monarchy, which had lasted nearly a thousandyears, fell with a crash; and men looked in wonderment and fear at the head-less kingdom, and the dead body of the headless Patriots Marching to the Marseillaise
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