. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . of the Convention werecrowded to suffocation. Before Robespierre couldascend the tribune a deputy complained that thegalleries had been packed, chiefly with women whohad been introduced for the purpose of applaudingthe speaker, while all impartial citizens were forciblykept out. All eyes were turned to the galleries, andthere was an outburst of merriment when it was foundthat they were almost entirely filled with had often been remarked that Robespierres elo-quence found peculiar favour with the fair sex, andthat the proportion of women prese
. Louvet: revolutionist & romance-writer . of the Convention werecrowded to suffocation. Before Robespierre couldascend the tribune a deputy complained that thegalleries had been packed, chiefly with women whohad been introduced for the purpose of applaudingthe speaker, while all impartial citizens were forciblykept out. All eyes were turned to the galleries, andthere was an outburst of merriment when it was foundthat they were almost entirely filled with had often been remarked that Robespierres elo-quence found peculiar favour with the fair sex, andthat the proportion of women present at the JacobinClub was always greater when he was expected tospeak. There was something of the cleric in Robes-pierres nature, and it was perhaps this qualitywhich fascinated them—the cloth has ever hada mysterious attraction for the feminine , he had many of the virtues which stronglyappeal to the average French working woman. Hewas industrious and thrifty, full of sentiment, and,above all, he was clean and honest. 114. From an engraving by Levachcz.
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