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But this was no time for such an art; this was not a revolution to be guided by reason, not even reason like Condorcet’s, streaked with jacobinical fibre.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 3: Condorcet by Morley, John

"Not at all, sir," returned the editor in his softest tones; "it is revolutionary and jacobinical."

From Home as Found by Cooper, James Fenimore

For some time this Birmingham machine ran along by our side—a piece of familiarity that seemed to us sufficiently jacobinical.

From Miscellaneous Essays by De Quincey, Thomas

She is always ready for jacobinical scoffs at a man for being a lord, if he happens to fail; she is always ready for toadying a lord, if he happens to make a hit.

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas

The cry of a jacobinical conspiracy was loudly raised, and Colonel Wardle was reviled, taunted, and menacingly reminded of the great responsibility which he incurred, by making such charges against the illustrious Commander in Chief.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry