death-ague

Updated: May 14, 2025

Three months later, and the Place de la Concorde witnessed the closing scene of the revolution. On the 28th of the following July, Robespierre and St. Just perished together on the scaffold. He whose very name, articulated in whispers, had made households tremble as with a death-ague, had lost his power, and was a feeble, helpless being.

D. W. (David W.) Bartlett - Paris: With Pen and Pencil: Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business