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reign of terror |
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a reign of terror a period of time when a ruler controls people in a violent and cruel way. My father's generation, who lived through the reign of terror, will never forget it. See also: reign |
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Bartholomew's Massacre, and they saw the slaughter that followed; later they saw the Reign of Terror, the carnage of the Revolution, the overthrow of a king, the coronation of two Napoleons, the christening of the young prince that lords it over a regiment of servants in the Tuileries to-day--and they may possibly continue to stand there until they see the Napoleon dynasty swept away and the banners of a great republic floating above its ruins. But Joan insisted that this reign of terror had been caused by the reign of fear practised by the white men. I assure you that there is a reign of terror in the district, and that it is a hardy man who will cross the moor at night. |
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