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  • On 20 June 1791, the family attempted to flee to the eastern frontier but were apprehended in Varennes on the following day and returned to the Tuileries, where they were placed under close guard.

    Annotations 2007

  • He accompanied the royal family back to Paris after their attempted flight was arrested in Varennes in June 1791, and the following November he was elected mayor of Paris.

    Names 2007

  • The story of the escape from Paris and the stoppage at Varennes is too fully told elsewhere to repeat it here.

    The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912

  • From them he learnt that the courier had given the word Varennes, and not

    Lectures on the French Revolution John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton 1868

  • At one point they managed to get as far as a place called Varennes, where they were recognised and forced to return to Paris.

    Archive 2004-11-01 Michael Allen 2004

  • At one point they managed to get as far as a place called Varennes, where they were recognised and forced to return to Paris.

    November 2004 Michael Allen 2004

  • At one point they managed to get as far as a place called Varennes, where they were recognised and forced to return to Paris.

    Christopher Priest: The Separation Michael Allen 2004

  • This despatch, and the letter of the Prince of Orange referred to above, correct the statement of Mr. Browning ( "Varennes," etc., 191) and Mr. Hammond ( "Fox," 257), that the

    William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898

  • Sous-bois, Varennes, Monhegan Island 4 and Le vent des îles

    List of Artist Scammers and Fraudsters 2008

  • The federal government contributed $18 million to construction of the Varennes plant under its Ethanol Expansion Program.

    2008 July 04 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

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