The French Court and Society: Reign of Louis XVI, and First EmpireR. Bentley, 1881 |
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Strona 238 - ... certainly was. The frightful depravity of the period obtained for the reign of the " Viscount King Barras " the epithet of the " Regency of the Revolution." It was the actor Dazincourt, no very severe moralist, who thus named it. Barras was one of the members of the Legislative Assembly who voted for the death of Louis XVI., and against the proposed appeal to the people. It was, indeed, such stern regicides who alone were eligible for the off1ce of Director.