Arthur Young's Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789G. Bell and sons, 1909 - 366 pages |
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Page xxiv
... Paris and other towns , and there pursuing various trades during part of the year . The curious " flottage à bûches perdues , " or float- ing of loose logs , a speciality of the Morvan , gives work to thousands of men , women , and ...
... Paris and other towns , and there pursuing various trades during part of the year . The curious " flottage à bûches perdues , " or float- ing of loose logs , a speciality of the Morvan , gives work to thousands of men , women , and ...
Page xxvi
... Paris.1 Arthur Young did not hesitate to tell his French readers some blunt home - truths , apparently taken in excellent temper ; his journal must be described , for all that , as one long , graceful acknowledgment of courtesies and ...
... Paris.1 Arthur Young did not hesitate to tell his French readers some blunt home - truths , apparently taken in excellent temper ; his journal must be described , for all that , as one long , graceful acknowledgment of courtesies and ...
Page 7
... Paris and Versailles . " Her hus- band , who is not so young , said " Touraine . " It is pro- bable , that a farmer is much more likely to agree with the sentiments of the husband than of the lady , notwithstand- ing her charms . - 24 ...
... Paris and Versailles . " Her hus- band , who is not so young , said " Touraine . " It is pro- bable , that a farmer is much more likely to agree with the sentiments of the husband than of the lady , notwithstand- ing her charms . - 24 ...
Page 11
... Paris road crosses it for ten miles , which is its least extent . They say the capitainerie , or para- mountship , is above 100 miles in circumference . That is to say , all the inhabitants for that extent are pestered with game ...
... Paris road crosses it for ten miles , which is its least extent . They say the capitainerie , or para- mountship , is above 100 miles in circumference . That is to say , all the inhabitants for that extent are pestered with game ...
Page 12
... Paris , as other travellers in post - chaises do , knowing little or nothing . The last ten miles I was eagerly on ... Paris , 1885. See also for Lazowski's services to French agriculture , " L'agriculture in 1785-1787 , " par MM ...
... Paris , as other travellers in post - chaises do , knowing little or nothing . The last ten miles I was eagerly on ... Paris , 1885. See also for Lazowski's services to French agriculture , " L'agriculture in 1785-1787 , " par MM ...
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