The History of Paris, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Containing a Description of Its Antiquities to which is Added an Appendix |
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Academy adorned afterwards ancient arcades bas-relief bishop building built busts cabinet called cardinal cardinal Richelieu ceiling celebrated century chamber chapel Charles Charles VI Châtelet church collection columns composed contained council councillors Cour court Dame decorated decree deniers Doric Doric order duke of Berry duke of Orleans edifice entablature entrance erected established execution faubourg Saint feet in length formed four France French front gallery garden gold grand Henry Henry IV honour Hôpital hospital Hôtel de Bourgogne Hôtel Dieu hundred inscription institution Italian king king's livres Louis XIII Louis XIV Louvre magnificent MAISON marble ment Museum occupied Odéon officers Opera ornamented palace Palais Royal Paris Parlement performed period persons Petit Philip Augustus present president prevôt prince principal prison purchased revolution Richelieu rue Saint Saint Louis Salle saloon sols spacious theatre thousand tier of boxes tion troop Tuileries vestibule
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Page 134 - Were the French to come as invaders or enemies, uninvited by the wishes of the people, I should oppose them to the utmost of my strength. Yes ! my countrymen, I should advise you to meet them upon the beach with a sword in one hand and a torch in the other.
Page 447 - Enfants sans souci, who acted farces enlivened with songs. About the year 1570, several Italian companies came to Paris, but their representations exciting the jealousy of the Confreres de la Passion, whose privileges were always respected by the Parlement, their continuance was not of long duration.
Page 229 - Colbert to prepare a design for this edifice, which was begun in 1667, and finished in 1672. When the building was already far advanced, John Dominic Cassini, the astronomer, whom Colbert had sent for from Bologna, came to Paris. He found the structure so ill adapted to its purpose, that, at his suggestion, several alterations were made, which, however, did not...
Page 154 - ... in keeping an account for voluntary deposits of every kind, government securities national and foreign, shares, contracts, bonds of every kind, bills of exchange, other bills, and all engagements to order or to bearer, gold and silver bars, national and foreign coin, and diamonds, with a charge for keeping, according to the value of the deposit, which cannot exceed an...
Page 320 - The indigent and infirm old men occupy the greater part of the building. They have no private rooms, but there are large rooms with workshops and dormitories, as also several gardens and court-yards for exercise. They are obliged to work three hours a-day at their respective trades or other occupations, and receive in return a share of the profits ; the rest goes towards defraying the expenses of the establishment.
Page 511 - ... sorts of antics, appear in the streets, principally on the northern Boulevards, and immense crowds in carriages, on horseback, or on foot, assemble to witness the gaieties of the scene. The Carnival was prohibited in 1790, and not resumed till Bonaparte was elected first consul.
Page 232 - A well-selected library of 45,000 volumes, for the use of the professors and observers, is attached to the establishment. The building on the east is entered from the first floor of the principal structure. It contains various instruments, and among others a transit instrument.
Page 385 - Marshal d'Uxelles, in 1753; ofBegon, in 1770; and several others less considerable. The number of plates at present composing the Cabinet may be computed at one million two hundred thousand, contained in five thousand five hundred volumes or portfolios.
Page 34 - ... paintings, formed by order of Marie de Medicis, and at first composed of twenty-four large pictures, by Rubens, representing the allegorical history of that queen. It was afterwards augmented by several pictures which belonged to the queen-dowager of Spain, and by others from the king's cabinet. The gallery was long neglected, and about the year 1780 the paintings were removed to form the museum of the Louvre.
Page 225 - This cdifite was founded by the will of Cardinal Mazarin, for natives of Roussillon, Pignerol, Alsace, and Flanders, which had been recently conquered or annexed to the crown. These nations alone being admissible Into...