The History of Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Containing a Description of Its Antiquities, Public Buildings, Civil, Religious, Scientific, and Commercial Institutions...A. and W. Galignani, 1825 - 548 páginas |
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Academy adorned afterwards ancient arcades bas-reliefs bishop Bonaparte Bourbon buildings built cabinet called cardinal celebrated century chamber Champ de Mars chancellor chapel Charles Charles VI Châtelet church collection columns composed contained council councillors Cour court Dame decorated decree deniers Doric duke of Orleans edifice entrance erected establishment faubourg Saint feet in length formed four France French front gallery garden grand Henry Henry IV honour Hôpital hospital Hôtel de Bourgogne Hôtel des Invalides Hôtel Dieu hundred inscription institution Ionic order king king's livres Louis XIII Louis XIV Louvre Luxembourg MAISON marble ment Museum National occupied Odéon officers Opera ornamented palace Palais Royal Paris Parlement period persons Petit Philip Augustus present president prevôt prince principal prison purchased revolution Richelieu rue Saint Saint Denis Saint Louis Salle spacious statues theatre thousand tier of boxes tion troop Tuileries twelve vestibule
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Página 184 - Germany from the end of the fourteenth century to the beginning of the seventeenth...
Página 160 - This edifice was built in 1786, after the designs of Rousseau, for the Prince de Salm, whose name it bore.
Página 407 - 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.
Página 122 - 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.
Página 155 - Les mortels sont égaux ; ce n'est pas la naissance, C'est la seule vertu qui fait leur différence.
Página 238 - ... not only to visit the vaults, but also to ascend the dome ; which, being the most elevated building in the capital, affords a magnificent view. Strangers are readily admitted, but a small gratuity is expected.
Página 380 - Pierre ; but as he had neither convenient places for their reception nor means of providing for their subsistence, he prevailed on M. Couturier to keep them, and immediately addressed a memoir to the government, on the importance of establishing a menagerie in the Garden. This address had the desired effect, and proper measures were ordered to be taken for the preservation of the animals, and their removal to the Museum ; which, however, was deferred till eighteen months after. A decree of the legislative...
Página 485 - ... 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.
Página 247 - Jesuits, having, on a public occasion, called this college his own, the society immediately gave it the name which it now bears. The Jesuits being driven a second time from France in 1763, the members of the College de Lisieux removed into this building. In 1792, this college, organised under a new form, received the name of College de...
Página 393 - The Museum employs one hundred and sixty-one persons, of whom ninety-nine are paid by the month, and sixty-two by the year. A correspondence is kept up with all similar establishments, and a prodigious quantity of seeds, slips, etc. are annually distributed. This Museum is unquestionably the richest of its kind in the world. The garden, the buildings, and...