Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France (59 page)

No-one was unaware…heart to everyone
: Gilles 201

She seemed to us
: Lacretelle 196

evil genius
: Bienvenu 333

burst forth with uncontrollable energy
: HMW 1796 III, 2

Life began again
: Lacretelle 200

Men’s hearts and minds
: Gastine 121, quoting Lacretelle

The theatres, the public walks
: HMW 1796 III, 190

absolutely indispensable
: Gilles 200

an unheard-of impoliteness
: Frénilly 129

Tallien loves you…and very busy
: Gilles 200

The greatest of all miracles
: Mercier
New Picture
v
We demand from Tallien
: Bourquin 259

Villain, I have…of the people
: Gilles 195

the entire audience was standing
: Stuart 153, quoting Pasquier

The men who had taken
: Bienvenu 335

The new revolution which
: Herold 156

strange character of uncertainty
: Tocqueville 222, quoting Meister

That woman is capable of
: Gilles 203

Subsistence is always the subject
: Aulard
La Réaction
I, 340

universal brocantage
: Meister 124

Nothing was either…was a conspiracy
: Frénilly 129

When one comes through
: Gilles 133

We speak of…affection and respect
: Ferrus 154

This, citizens, this is
: Gilles 214

I would like so much
: Jullien 314

a necessary introduction to good
: HMW 1796 III, 2

People speak of patriotism
: Meister 190

that peach-blossom dress you
: Ducrest I, 270

l’idole du jour
: Bourquin 272

Never had fashion…rules and boundaries
: Tocqueville 198

adding that it was not
: Gastine 303

with inimitable grace
: Abrantes
Salons
III, 145

One could not be more
: Lacour 66

The beloved is always pictured
: Kotzebue III, 149

fecund belles
: Meister 127

intoxicated by the speed
: Bruce 83

Despairing of escape from
: Tocqueville 197

collective cultural mourning
: Lajer-Burcharth 6

What do they do
: Almeras 266

enjoyed the only role fitting
: Bienvenu 328

the beautiful Mme Tallien always
: Gay III, 83

Contracts might be for anything
: Bruce 81, quoting Kotzebue

not the main…procured for others
: Barras II, 65

It is impossible, no matter
: Bienvenu 331

une nouvelle Antoinette
: Gilles 213

The airs of a courtesan
: Aulard
La Réaction
I, 374

to rebellion and…most violent excitement
: The next quotations, Applewhite and Levy 74, 76

If you go…are all suckers
:
WRP
283

One hundred and forty-eight
…: Hufton 47

hotbed of insurrection
: Soboul
BHÉSRF
23

inconveniences that might result
:
WRP
308

assess the revolution…far too high
: Hufton in Johnson 166

But for me…so intoxicated me
: Bourquin 295

To forget mistakes
: Houssaye 8

Tallien’s company…thirst for success
: Gilles 133

a lion sharing a cell
: Lairtullier II, 298

with nothing in the way
: Bienvenu 342

Tallien incapable of rising
: Barras I, 391

Too much blood…repelled by him
: Gilles 225

another attempt to realise
: Furet and Richet 258

À demain les affaires
: Gay III, 184

beautiful as in old romances
: Girod de l’Ain 73

So, my friend, you have
: Gilles 234

unconquerable passion
: Barras II, 68

Chapter 17 · RETOURNEÉ

joyeuse, sur la route
: Staël
CG
III, part 1, 332

Talking seemed everybody’s…of her life
: Boigne 190

to begin life anew, but
: Herold 153

There is, in…the most beautiful eyes…and inflicts his unhappines…with the desirable
: the next quotations, Fairweather 183, 199, 200 (and Staël
CG
III, part 1, 158), 202

If France crumbles…they will win
: Herold 158

honourable and unexpected…wife is arriving
: The next quotations, Fairweather 205, 207

What things a man could
: Herold 161

What do they do at
: Almeras 266

frankly republican…talent, her principles
: Bienvenu 329

Like the muse of history
: Gastine 127

flesh-coloured pantaloons
: Herold 168

We hear about…do the opposite
: Fairweather 216 (slightly reworded)

graceful flattery…them to themselves
: Staël
Considerations
II, 149

the principles of the revolution
: Staël
Ten Years
20

They hate you more
: Herold 163

To speak of…their own use
: Furet and Richet 262

would see to it that
: Bruce 143

a corrupter of all those
: Staël
CG
III, part 2, 43

ready-made
: Barras II, 70

inventing a thousand…in your bed
: Ouvrard I, 121

How could you…way with Bonaparte
: Elliott 148.

got rid of her by
: Frénilly 154

except from motives…they seemed, so to speak…It was a known fact…of her temperament
: The next quotations, Barras II 66, 67, 67, 66

has not taken vows
: Gower I, 177

I love you and will
: Bruce 254

chère Thérésita…baisers bien tendres
: Catinat 41

and see who is on
: Abrantes
Memoirs
I, 250

a woman of so many
: Turquan 103

Moved to tears at this
: Gastine 207n.

Her humanity is…to be pitied
: Gower I, 135

How shall a pure
: Berger 179

by far the…admired at Paris
: The next quotations, Gower I 138, 141

nothing but anarchy tempered by
: Tocqueville 191

indifferents, who…like tragedy heroes
: the next quotations, HMW 1801 II, 8, 3

seriously dignified and truly
: Hunt 80

I still love…one’s own country
: Staël
CG
IV, part 1, 23

When in public…9th of Thermidor
: Frénilly 136

No man could equal
: Bruce 35

Who has asked…both at once
: Herold 179

Far from contesting…themselves men’s duties
: Barras I, 104

entirely neglected
: Gutwirth 381

men had found it politically
: Berger 185

they perceived that there was
: Mercier
New Picture
31

Never have women…kill your revolution
: Lajer-Burcharth 242

beautiful Athenian
: Abrantes
Salons
III, 171

to the greatest…of the government
: Gilles 271

breasts uncovered, heads tossing
: Mercier
Waiting City
76

to his wishes in order
: Gower I, 135

all powerful…with the royalists
: The next quotations, La Tour du Pin 304, 309

we will all perish by
: Bruce 190

The end of the letter
: La Tour du Pin 311

the best republican in France
: Herold 178

tone of noble…of military violence
: Staël
Ten Years
4

bestowed very little attention
: Talleyrand I, 196

constantly…act upon him
: Staël
Considerations
II, 196

not like a…to do so
: The next quotations, Staël
Ten Years
5, 9

Genius has no sex
: Herold 181

that he did not, and
: Hortense I, 49

son and hero of the
: Herold 180

Madam, I love…number of children
: Fairweather 240

political rights
: Herold 182

with an appearance of friendship
: Chastenay 258

notre charmante Chaumière…the unfortunate Tallien
: Gilles 284

The baroness among…see her again
: Herold 183

in the shape of exile
: Staël
Corinne
29

Chapter 18 · ICÔNE

brilliant with youth…heart of gold
: Constant
Intermédiaire
873

She speaks of her caboche
: Bourquin 305

reigned in peace until Juliette
: Herriot I, 29

Afterwards, Juliette and Thérésia
…: portrait seen by the author at the château de Chimay

her fine figure…in the shade
: Herriot I, 29

Are not her…and ridiculous expressions
: Plutarch I, 139–40

Avenge thus the arrogance
: Houssaye 7

the perfect woman
: Boigne 177

was the least of her
: Herriot I, 44

wholly beautiful…she was seen
: Boigne 167

a vain coquet…being so beauteous
: Plutarch I, 145

seemed anxious to conceal
: Ducrest I, 59

You intoxicate yourself
: Lenormant
Memoirs
56

to electrify the world
: Lajer-Burcharth 344, quoting Bernadotte

the enthusiasm that I excited
: Herriot I, 64

threw her a look of
: Lenormant
Memoirs
11

At each of…this fleeting pity
: The next quotations, Herriot I, 47, 61, 62, 50

struck by the beauty of
: Wagener 64

An expression at one
: Levaillant 38

to portray a…I should use
: Lenormant
Madame Récamier, les amis
…viii

Do not have a greater
: Herriot I, 80

Say to me…to my heart
: Faderman 80

Why, whether in love
: Herold 289

I thought of nothing but
: Wagener 64

The speed with which one
: Fairweather 262