tout ensemble, at the same time

1. 27. la Convention; the National Convention, elected by univer» sal suffrage, was the body which took the place of the Législative Assembly. It met first on September 21, 1792. Its power lasted till

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the autumn of 1795, but it was much modified by the constitutional changes of the year 1793.

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1. 6. D assassinat de la Reiite et de madame Elisabeth. Madame Elisabeth, sister of Louis XVI, born in 1764, was beheaded in 1794.

1. 10. Mal^sherhes{Qm\\^,\ycciÇi Lamoignon de) [172 1 — 1 794], cabinet minister under Louis XVI, and one of the most virtuous men of his time.

1. II. Bailly (Jacques Sylvain) [1736 — 1793], a distinguished astronomer, presided over the famous assembly which met in the Versailles tennis-court, and was elected mayor of Paris.

Zaz^m/^r (Antoine-Laurent) [1743 — 1794], well known for his important discoveries in chemistry ; was sent to the guillotine under the pretext that he was one of the farraers-general of taxes. See above, note to p. I, 1. 10.