They were never very numerous or powerful, and the Dreyfus affair, a few years later, showed how the Pope's desire to rally the Catholics to the Republic was thwarted by the French clergy and the reactionaries.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Not in the least; and if I were in torture, that glorious cheer outside would rally me.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"Well," he announced bravely, "our standard is flying yet, and I almost think we can make another rally or two.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton