“ The King of France is worse. A foreigner can be driven out in fifteen days, but it takes eighteen hundred years to root out a monarchy. ”
Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (1874). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
|---|---|
| Source | Ninety-Three |
| Topic | France foreigners |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ninety-three |
Context
“In two weeks they will have an array of brigands, with three hundred thousand men, and all Brittany will belong to the King of France."
"That is to say, to the King of England," said Danton.
"No, to the King of France."
And Robespierre added,—
The King of France is worse. A foreigner can be driven out in fifteen days, but it takes eighteen hundred years to root out a monarchy. Danton, who had sat down again, put his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands, deep in thought.
"You see the danger," said Robespierre, "Vitré gives the road to Paris to the English."
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"That is to say, to the King of England," said Danton.
"No, to the King of France."
And Robespierre added,—
The King of France is worse. A foreigner can be driven out in fifteen days, but it takes eighteen hundred years to root out a monarchy. Danton, who had sat down again, put his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands, deep in thought.
"You see the danger," said Robespierre, "Vitré gives the road to Paris to the English."
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