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31. Thermidorien, see 9 thermidor in the Republican Calendar, p. 142.

199, 2, Mouïonnière, sheep-like, ready to follow any leader ; this word always reminds one of the tale in Rabelais (1483-1553) in which Panurge, wishing to take revenge of Dindenault, the sheep-merchant, buys a sheep of him and throws it into the sea ; all the other sheep follow their bleating cemrade, to the great dismay of poor Dindenault.

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Nubüity, the Clergy, and the ‘‘ Tiers Etat ; ” peasants

and serfs were not considered to belong to any order 3

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Je veux qu’elle répunde, ‘ Une tarte à la crême: * n un mot qu’elle soit d’une ignorance extréme&

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