Barnave

/ barnav /

noun

1. BarnaveAntoine Pierre17611793MFrenchPOLITICS: revolutionary Antoine Pierre . 1761–93, French revolutionary. A prominent member of the National Assembly, he was executed for his royalist sympathies

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With the one exception of Mirabeau, Barnave was the most powerful orator of the Assembly.

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Two men, more eminent than Barnave, show it still more clearly.

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Long before Barnave expiated his sin upon the scaffold he felt and acknowledged its enormity.

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Let us not flinch from condemning without respite or remission, not only Marat and Carrier, but also Barnave.

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He was gratified to know that Barnave had called, and liked to hear how much feeling was shown by the people of Paris.

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