Arthur Young's Travels in France: During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789George Bell and Sons, 1906 - 366 pages |
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... King's investing the Duke of Berri , son of the count D'Artois , with the cordon blue . The Queen's band was in the chapel where the ceremony was performed , but the musical effect was thin and weak . During the service the King was ...
... King's investing the Duke of Berri , son of the count D'Artois , with the cordon blue . The Queen's band was in the chapel where the ceremony was performed , but the musical effect was thin and weak . During the service the King was ...
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... King and the knights walked in a sort of procession to a small apart- ment in which he dined , saluting the Queen as ... King's dining in public is more odd than splendid . The Queen sat by him with a cover before her , but ate nothing ...
... King and the knights walked in a sort of procession to a small apart- ment in which he dined , saluting the Queen as ... King's dining in public is more odd than splendid . The Queen sat by him with a cover before her , but ate nothing ...
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... King dined , made a distinction , and would not permit all to enter promiscuously . Travellers speak much , even very late ones , of the re- markable interest the French take in all that personally concerns their King , shewing by the ...
... King dined , made a distinction , and would not permit all to enter promiscuously . Travellers speak much , even very late ones , of the re- markable interest the French take in all that personally concerns their King , shewing by the ...
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... King's officers have the preference , provided they give the price offered by others . These horses are not saddled till six years old . They pasture all day , but at night are confined on account of wolves , which are so common as to ...
... King's officers have the preference , provided they give the price offered by others . These horses are not saddled till six years old . They pasture all day , but at night are confined on account of wolves , which are so common as to ...
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... Guise was standing when the king's page came to demand his presence in the royal closet : the door he was 1 ( Indre and Loire . ) 2 ( Loir and Cher . ) entering when stabbed : the tapestry he was in the 1787. ] 77 BLOIS .
... Guise was standing when the king's page came to demand his presence in the royal closet : the door he was 1 ( Indre and Loire . ) 2 ( Loir and Cher . ) entering when stabbed : the tapestry he was in the 1787. ] 77 BLOIS .
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