Political History of the Devil Upon Two Sticks/Chapter 5
ROBESPIERRE, when deputed to the National Assembly, was provided with a coat upon the occassion, by an old benefactor; but behold the rigid virtues of a republican! He soon inhabited a splendid hotel in the capital, appeared in glittering equivages, and revelled in banquets and entertainments.
Oh may all these who pant for reform, in their different countries be enamoured with such thoughts of rioting on the ruin of their superiors; and panting with glorious ardour for such dignities in the state as have adorned the bloody brows of this assassin be hurried on to commit such crimes against every government, as will produce the same glorious work for devils as this merciless ambitious wretch hath committed here. Not a spark of love for his country entered the breast of this tyger; but to fix himself in his place, and to add to his revelling used constantly, on condemning crowds to the guillotine pronounce, "A little more blood does no harm."