Volume 4 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 4 (of 6) 85/111 de Joseph Lebon," I., 273, 370.-"Archives des Affaires etrangeres," vol.329.Letter of Gadolle, September 11, 1793. "I saw Duquesnoy, the deputy, dead drunk at Bergues, on Whit-Monday, at 11 o'clock in the evening."-- "Un Sejour en France, 1792 to 1796, p.136. "His naturally savage temper is excited to madness by the abuse of strong drink. General de .....assures us that he saw him seize the mayor of Avesnes, a respectable old man, by the hair on his presenting him with a petition relating to the town, and throw him down with the air of a cannibal." "He and his brother were dealers in hops at retail, at Saint Pol. He made this brother a general."] [Footnote 3299: Alexandrine des Echerolles, "Une famile noble sous la Terreur," 209. |