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  • Nationalism is as tattered and dust-covered as the banner of Girondism itself, which great Carlyle called the worst of all time.

    An Anti-Nazi Aristocrat on Nationalism 2006

  • Frogs of the Marsh, mute ever since Girondism sank under, even ye now must croak or die!

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Faction and Girondism is struck down for the moment, and consents to be

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • The Mother Society, purged now, by successive 'scrutinies or epurations,' from all taint of Girondism, has become a great Authority: what we can call shield-bearer, or bottle-holder, nay call it fugleman, to the purged National Convention itself.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Scotch skipper; under hatches whereof sit, disconsolate, -- the last forlorn nucleus of Girondism, the Deputies from Quimper!

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • All Girondism, Halfness, Compromise is swept away.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Bourdeaux demands a reign of Law and Respectability, meaning Girondism, with emphasis.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Girondism is strong as established Formula and Respectability: do not as many as Seventy-two of the Departments, or say respectable Heads of Departments, declare for us?

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Nor alas, in the far Bourdeaux region, will Girondism fare better.

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • Lanjuinais, and wrecks of Girondism, recalled from their haylofts, and caves in Switzerland, will resume their place in the Convention: (Deux

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

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