The French Revolution : a history . ?-«4 M,:at r-^B^. olOanon-Jjcan t-i^kiipon, ulhadamc Q\>oland. PVom Iableaux historiques. p. 58 I790] SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT 59. civic column ; at her feet a Countrys Altar, Autel dela Patrie :—on all which neither deal-timber nor lath-and-plaster, with paint of various colours, have beenspared. But fancy then the banners all placed on thesteps of the Rock; high-mass chanted; and the civicoath of fifty thousand : with what volcanic outburst ofsound from iron and other throats, enough to frightenback the very Soane and Rhone ; and how the brightestfire

---

The French Revolution : a history . ?-«4 M,:at r-^B^. olOanon-Jjcan t-i^kiipon, ulhadamc Q\>oland. PVom Iableaux historiques. p. 58 I790] SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT 59. civic column ; at her feet a Countrys Altar, Autel dela Patrie :—on all which neither deal-timber nor lath-and-plaster, with paint of various colours, have beenspared. But fancy then the banners all placed on thesteps of the Rock; high-mass chanted; and the civicoath of fifty thousand : with what volcanic outburst ofsound from iron and other throats, enough to frightenback the very Soane and Rhone ; and how the brightestfireworks, and balls, and even repasts closed in that nightof the gods! And so the Lyons Federation vanishestoo, swallowed of darkness;—and yet not wholly, forour brave fair Roland was there ; also she, though in thedeepest privacy, writes her Narrative of it in Cham-pagneuxs Courrier de Lyons ; a piece which circu-lates to the extent of sixty thousand ; which one wouldlike now to read. But on the whole, Paris, we may see, will have littleto devise;

---

Size: 1535px × 1628px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookauthorwhiteand, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookyear1904