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It being rather early in the morning, we were admitted into her chamber, a
common custom of receiving early visks in France* About eleven o'clock we saw
a splendid procession of all the military and civil authorities to the hotel * of the
prefect* ...
It being rather early in the morning, we were admitted into her chamber, a
common custom of receiving early visks in France* About eleven o'clock we saw
a splendid procession of all the military and civil authorities to the hotel * of the
prefect* ...
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HOTEL DE ROUEN. elegant palace of the Garde-meuble; where we entered the
streets of Paris, and soon afterwards alighted at the bureau of the diligences;
from which place, I took a fiacre (a hackney- coach) and- about six o'clock in. the
...
HOTEL DE ROUEN. elegant palace of the Garde-meuble; where we entered the
streets of Paris, and soon afterwards alighted at the bureau of the diligences;
from which place, I took a fiacre (a hackney- coach) and- about six o'clock in. the
...
Page 138
From this place we went to Frcscati, which is the promenade of the first beauty,
and fashion of Paris, who generally assemble about half past ten o'clock, after the
opera is concluded. No admission money is required, but singular as it may ...
From this place we went to Frcscati, which is the promenade of the first beauty,
and fashion of Paris, who generally assemble about half past ten o'clock, after the
opera is concluded. No admission money is required, but singular as it may ...
Page 164
his sermon about five o'clock in the morning, and con- " tinued preaching till ten
or eleven o'clock, and there " were always between five and six thousand
persons to hear " him preach. This cordelier preached on St. Mark's Day, "
attended by ...
his sermon about five o'clock in the morning, and con- " tinued preaching till ten
or eleven o'clock, and there " were always between five and six thousand
persons to hear " him preach. This cordelier preached on St. Mark's Day, "
attended by ...
Page 210
A little before twelve o'clock, all the regiments of horse and foot, amounting to
about 7000 men, had formed the line, when the consular regiment entered,
preceded by their fine band, and the tambour major, who was dressed in great ...
A little before twelve o'clock, all the regiments of horse and foot, amounting to
about 7000 men, had formed the line, when the consular regiment entered,
preceded by their fine band, and the tambour major, who was dressed in great ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Stranger in France: Or, A Tour from Devonshire to Paris |
| Author | Sir John Carr |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1803 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 May 2007 |
| Length | 261 pages |
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