coup d'etat
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Among secular-minded laymen the Coup d'état of Louis Napoleon was, as I have said, differently judged.
From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
All the educated, in the opinion of Tocqueville, condemned and repudiated the Coup d'état.
From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Orders were issued immediately after the Coup d'état that every public functionary who did not instantly give in writing his adhesion to the new Government should be dismissed.
From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
Even Montalembert rallied to the Government on the morrow of the Coup d'état.
From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
"Coup d'état? you, Cecilia! my dear—" "I, Helen, little as you think of me."
From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria
