"Tricolour" Quotes from Famous Books
... up; the order of the day was read; it was then snatched out of the colonel's hands, printed on large placards, and in less time than seemed possible it was posted up in every street and at every street corner; the tricolour replaced the white cockade, everyone being obliged to wear the national emblem or none at all, the city was proclaimed in a state of seige, and the military officers formed a vigilance committee ... — Massacres Of The South (1551-1815) - Celebrated Crimes • Alexandre Dumas, Pere |