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LIFE
OF
NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE,
WITH A
PRELIMINARY VIEW OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION.
BY
SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART., 71-1832
VOL. II.
ROBERT CADELL, EDINBURGH;
WHITTAKER AND CO., LONDON.
1835.
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY JOHN SLYMAND,
GEORGE IV. BRIDGE.
Thin
12-28-23
9488
CONTENTS
OF VOLUME NINTH.
VIEW OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
CHAP. XII.-Jacobins determine upon the Execution of
Louis. Progress and Reasons of the King's Unpopula-
rity. Girondists taken by surprise, by a proposal for
the Abolition of Royalty made by the Jacobins.-Pro-
posal carried. Thoughts on the New System of Govern-
ment-Compared with that of Rome, Greece, America,
and other Republican States.-Enthusiasm throughout
France at the change-Follies it gave birth to-And
Crimes.-Monuments of Art destroyed.—Madame Ro-
land interposes to save the Life of the King.-Barrère.
-Girondists move for a Departmental Legion-Carried
-Revoked-and Girondists defeated.-The Authority
of the Commune of Paris paramount even over the Con-
vention.-Documents of the Iron-Chest.-Parallel be-
twixt Charles I. and Louis XVI.-Motion by Pétion,
that the King should be tried before the Convention,
CHAP. XIII.-Indecision of the Girondists, and its Effects.
-The Royal Family in the Temple-Insulted by the
Agents of the Commune, both within and without the
Prison-Their exemplary Patience.-The King deprived
of his Son's society.-Buzot's Admission of the general
dislike of France to a Republican Form of Government.
-The King brought to Trial before the Convention
-His first Examination-Carried back to Prison amidst
insult and abuse.-Tumult in the Assembly.-The King
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