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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 1 (of 6)

CHAPTER IV
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See, on the difficulty in succeeding, the Memoirs of Dumourier.

Chateaubriand's father is likewise one of the discontented, "a political frondeur, and very inimical to the court." (I.206) .-- Records of the States-General of 1789, a general summary by Prud'homme, II.

passim.] [Footnote 1423: "Ephemerides du citoyen," II.

202, 203 .-- Voltaire, "Dictionnaire philosophique," article "Cure de Campagne."-- Abbe Guettee, "Histoire de l'Eglise de France," XII.

130.] [Footnote 1424: Those entitled to tithes in cereals .-- TR.] [Footnote 1425: A curate's salary at the present day (1875) is, at the minimum, 900 francs with a house and perquisites.] [Footnote 1426: Theron de Montauge, "L'Agriculture les classes rurale, dans le pays Toulousain," p.


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