"Floreal" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... up. The First Consul, who is a really great man, never favors selfish schemes—I don't want to know if those young men are here," he added, quickly, observing the abbe's gesture, "but I wish to tell you that there is only one way to save them. You know the law of the 6th Floreal, year X., which amnestied all the emigres who were still in foreign countries on condition that they returned home before the 1st Vendemiaire of the year XI., that is to say, in September of last year. But the Messieurs Simeuse having, like ...
— An Historical Mystery • Honore de Balzac |
