Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volume 9Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1827 - Autobiographies |
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Page 128
... Palais Royal . Schulz has described it so well , that I can add nothing to his description . It made a pleasing , but not a grand impression upon me . The fine range of shops at Petersburgh is little inferior to it . The A man invited ...
... Palais Royal . Schulz has described it so well , that I can add nothing to his description . It made a pleasing , but not a grand impression upon me . The fine range of shops at Petersburgh is little inferior to it . The A man invited ...
Page 129
... Royale , la Fayette , Baillie , Voltaire , Rous- seau , Dr Franklin ; the two celebrated and interesting prisoners ... Palais Royal . They are full of affiches , annonces , and avertissemens , some of which are very curious . For ...
... Royale , la Fayette , Baillie , Voltaire , Rous- seau , Dr Franklin ; the two celebrated and interesting prisoners ... Palais Royal . They are full of affiches , annonces , and avertissemens , some of which are very curious . For ...
Page 134
... Palais Royal as well as ourselves , to take the fourth place in the carriage , the third being occupied again by our valet . We very readily consented , and a well - dressed man got in , who with the true French ease was acquainted with ...
... Palais Royal as well as ourselves , to take the fourth place in the carriage , the third being occupied again by our valet . We very readily consented , and a well - dressed man got in , who with the true French ease was acquainted with ...
Page 135
... Palais Royal , crying , Voulez - vous de l'argent , monsieur ? at the same time clinking their full purses in my ears . I thought at the time it was only impertinent banter . This day we went to the Boulevards to see les grands danseurs ...
... Palais Royal , crying , Voulez - vous de l'argent , monsieur ? at the same time clinking their full purses in my ears . I thought at the time it was only impertinent banter . This day we went to the Boulevards to see les grands danseurs ...
Page 137
... Palais Royal , spending it sometimes in the Caffé de Chartres , to read the German newspapers ; or in Cussac the bookseller's shop ; or among the busy bustling crowd , where my ears are deafened by the noise of a thousand criers , and ...
... Palais Royal , spending it sometimes in the Caffé de Chartres , to read the German newspapers ; or in Cussac the bookseller's shop ; or among the busy bustling crowd , where my ears are deafened by the noise of a thousand criers , and ...
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