. Ninety-three . ELIZABETH DU PLAY. It was thus, by the. hazard of an orators ill-eomi>rehond<d word,that Madame Elizaljeths head fell. At the Convention intemperance of language was a right. Threats flcAV about and crossed one anotlicr like sjjarks in a confla- gration. PÉTION : Robespierre, come to the point. Robespiekee: The point is yourself, Pétion ; I shall come to it,and you will see it. A VOICE : Death to Marat. 320 KIXUTY- TIIliEE. Marat : The day Mavat dies there will be no more Paris, and theday that Paris expires tht^re will be no longer a Eepnl) Bilhuid Yaiennes rises,
. Ninety-three . ELIZABETH DU PLAY. It was thus, by the. hazard of an orators ill-eomi>rehond<d word,that Madame Elizaljeths head fell. At the Convention intemperance of language was a right. Threats flcAV about and crossed one anotlicr like sjjarks in a confla- gration. PÉTION : Robespierre, come to the point. Robespiekee: The point is yourself, Pétion ; I shall come to it,and you will see it. A VOICE : Death to Marat. 320 KIXUTY- TIIliEE. Marat : The day Mavat dies there will be no more Paris, and theday that Paris expires tht^re will be no longer a Eepnl) Bilhuid Yaiennes rises, and says, We wish Jiarère interrn])ts hiin : Thou speakest like a. king. Another day, PhiU]>]Haux says, A member has drawn his sword npon me. NINETY-THREE. 2;>1 Atdofin : President, call the assassin to order. The Pkesident : Wait. Panis : President, I call you to order—I ! There was rude laughter moreover. Lecointee : The Curé of Chant de Bout couiplains (jf Faucliet, hisbishop, who forbids his marryiug. A voice: I do not see why Fauchet, Avho has mistresses, shouldwish to hinder others from ha^Hng wives. A second voice : Priest, take a wife ! The galleries joined in the conversation. They said thee and thou to the memljers. One day the representative Ruami>s mountedto the tribune. He had one hip very nuich larger than the other. Aspectator, crjdug out, thus jeered him : Turn that toward the Right,since thou hast a cheek à la David. Such were the liberties the people took with the Convention. On oue occasion, however, during the tumult of the 11t
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