Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century volume 2
Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century volume 2
Julia Kavanagh
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The character of the Vendeans is simple, honest, truthful, and yet reserved. " Deeds, not words, " was their practical maxim : no men promised less and effected more. They were a hardy, frugal race, patient though energetic, prejudiced, deeply religious, and averse to change. From the commencement they dis- liked the revolution. Theyalready enjoyed as much freedom an d happiness as the y desired. They had not been bowed do wn by ages of oppression : they had no wrongs to avenge, no brand _of sl...aver y to effnce, no flimight. Of pagt. R>r prpgpnt. ab asement to awaken glorious aspirations towards libert y. They cherished t he feudal system, so deep ly and justly ab- horred in the rest of_Fnmce J __It existed with them in all its primitive and patriarchal simplicity. The nobles treated their tenants with justice and kindness ; the clergy were moral and pure. Secluded from the rest of France, con- tented, though ignorant and poor, the peasants neither knew nor understood the deep social evils which had brought on the revolution.
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