Identifier: parisasseendescr00sing (find matches)
Title: Paris as seen and described by famous writers ..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, (from old catalog) ed. and tr
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Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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propriated to pay for the soup of the blind.In 1779, the Cardinal de Rohan, grand-almoner of France,transferred them to the Faubourg Saint-Antoine, and uponthe very site of the hospice opened two streets, one of whichtook the name of Rohati^ and the other ^inze-Vingts, What do I hear, what is this tumult, what are these cries,these flames starting from the windows ? Men in armsthrow themselves from the houses—it is the Rue de Rohanreceiving its baptism of blood, as it received its baptism offeudality from the hands of the cardinal. Who are thesetwo men with fiery eyes, bristling moustaches, and lipsblackened with powder ? Their clothes are in disorder—they enter a butchers—a yelling crowd follows in theirtracks—it besieges the door—with loud cries it demandsthe heads of the fugitives. The door finally yieldsto their redoubled efforts. Two large beardless fellowscome to offer their services to the sovereign people. In amoment the shop is visited, the most ardent searches lead
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