These two expedients, adopted by the Directory in the summer of 1799, were temporary measures adopted to stem the tide of invasion and to crush revolts; but they were regarded as signs of a permanently terrorist policy, and their removal greatly strengthened the new consular rule.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
The crowd which had come to gloat over the murdered terrorist stood about whispering, with heads averted, engrossed in their own affairs.
"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel"
Baroness Orczy
The superstitious fear which the mysterious personality of the Scarlet Pimpernel evoked in the heart of every terrorist had suddenly seized this man in its grip.
"The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel"
Baroness Orczy