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his purple life ; " for I believe that " anima , " in this place , means the living principle ; and which Virgil , and almost all the antient physiologists supposed to reside in the blood . Lucretius , as a follower of Epicurus , might , for aught I know , " suppose the soul to reside in the blood , and therefore to be mortal . But had Virgil adopted such principles , all the delightful scenes of his Elysium had been annihilated at once .
Memoirs Of The Life Of Roberspierre.
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ROBERSPIERRE .
IT is generally said , and believed , that the christian-name of Roberspierre was Maximilian , and his true family-name Damien , which was altered and converted into that of Roberspierre , on account of a certain Damien , uncle to this Roberspierre , who attempted to assassinate Louis the XVth * king of Franceon the 5 th
of-, January 1757 , whose brother was called Robert Pierre Damien ; but ; being ashamed of his own name , he took both his christian-name s , changed t into s in the word Robert , and made Roberspierre . He was born , 1759 , in darkness and poverty , but bred up in a genteel manner by the care , and at the expence , of the Bishop of ArraSj who , having once seen him , found some wit in his features ,
and , moved with compassion , brought him up for a counsellor . If Roberspierre was an enthusiast , he was certainly a shrewd one ; for every man with whom he was connected seemed more or less to stumble upon the very- spots where this extraordinary character stood firmest . In November 1792 , he was silent in the Convention ; and when Marat made his appearance , which was about the latter end
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Mr. Tasker's Letters
his purple life ; " for I believe that " anima , " in this place , means the living principle ; and which Virgil , and almost all the antient physiologists supposed to reside in the blood . Lucretius , as a follower of Epicurus , might , for aught I know , " suppose the soul to reside in the blood , and therefore to be mortal . But had Virgil adopted such principles , all the delightful scenes of his Elysium had been annihilated at once .
Memoirs Of The Life Of Roberspierre.
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF ROBERSPIERRE .
IT is generally said , and believed , that the christian-name of Roberspierre was Maximilian , and his true family-name Damien , which was altered and converted into that of Roberspierre , on account of a certain Damien , uncle to this Roberspierre , who attempted to assassinate Louis the XVth * king of Franceon the 5 th
of-, January 1757 , whose brother was called Robert Pierre Damien ; but ; being ashamed of his own name , he took both his christian-name s , changed t into s in the word Robert , and made Roberspierre . He was born , 1759 , in darkness and poverty , but bred up in a genteel manner by the care , and at the expence , of the Bishop of ArraSj who , having once seen him , found some wit in his features ,
and , moved with compassion , brought him up for a counsellor . If Roberspierre was an enthusiast , he was certainly a shrewd one ; for every man with whom he was connected seemed more or less to stumble upon the very- spots where this extraordinary character stood firmest . In November 1792 , he was silent in the Convention ; and when Marat made his appearance , which was about the latter end