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1. 31. la monarchie, etc. The constitution of the year 1791 was a limited monarchy, with one chamber called the Législative Assembly, elected by a limited suffrage. This body met for the first time on Oct. I, 1791, and continued to sit till replaced by the Convention in Sept. 1792.

1. 32. Boissy-d' Anglas (François Antoine, Count) [1756 — 1826] was successively member of the Senate under Napoléon, and of the house of peers during the Restoration, displayed much courage in the Reign of Terror, and succeeded in saving many victims condemned to death. On one occasion, a member of the Committee of General Safety, seeing him appear on his usual errand of mercy, exclaimed : "Te voilà encore; combien te donne-t-on pour faire ce métier?"

Daunou (Pierre Claude François) [1761 — 1840], distinguished both as an historian and as a politician : one of the few independent Frenchmen who resisted the advances of Napoléon. Having been once proposed for a seat in the Senate (December 13, 1799), the first consul heard of this fact, summoned the Senators to the Tuileries, and said to them : ** Citoyens, je vous préviens que je regarderais la nomination de Daunou au sénat comme une insulte personnelle; vous savez si jamais j'en ai souffert aucune."

Lanjuinais (Jacques Denis, Count) [1753 — 1827]; his opinions were those of an honest and moderate Libéral, firmly attached to the principles of constitutional government. When the proposition was made to appoint Bonaparte consul for life, he was bold enough to say : "Vous voulez choisir un maître dans un pays où les Romains ne voulaient pas prendre leurs esclaves."

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1. 2. deu^ chambres. Thèse two together composed the législative body. The former, consisting of men over forty years of âge, had