Bradshaw's illustrated travellers' hand book in [afterw.] to France, Issue 41855 |
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12th cent abbey Allier ancient aqueduct arches Ardèche barracks baths belonged bishop Bordeaux born building built called canal carved Cathedral chapel Charles château Coaches Conveyances Cours crossed d'Or Golden Dame Duke east eaux-de-vie English feet high feet long forest fortified founded France French gardens Gothic Gothic church Grand Henry Henry IV hill hospital Hôtel Hôtel de Ville Hotels.-De Isère linen Loire Louis XIII Louis XIV Lyons machicolated Marseilles miles from Paris Mont mountains museum Napoleon native old castle old château old church palace Palais de Justice pass pillars Pont port Préfecture pretty promenade Protestant Quai rail railway rebuilt remains Rhône river road rock Roman Romanesque round Route ruined salle Saône seat side souls sous-préfecture sous-préfecture in department south-west spire spot stands station statue steamer stone streets style suspension bridge theatre tomb Tour tower Trade in wine tunnel valley viaduct walls
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Page 27 - D'un simple bonnet de coton, Dit-on. Oh ! oh ! oh ! oh ! ah ! ah ! ah ! ah ! Quel bon petit roi c'était là ! La, la. Il fesait ses quatre repas Dans son palais de chaume, Et sur un âne, pas à pas, Parcourait son royaume.
Page 8 - SKIRTS, &c., for Widowhood and for Family Mourning, are always kept made up ; and a note, descriptive of the relation of the parties to the deceased, will ensure at any time the proper supply of Mourning being forwarded, both as to...
Page 8 - Every article necessary for a COMPLETE OUTFIT OF MOURNING, for either the Family or Household, may be had here, and made up, if required, at the shortest notice, whilst the attendance of competent persons connected with the Establishment upon families of rank, and of every...
Page 8 - Household, may be had here, and made up, if required, at the shortest notice, whilst the attendance of competent persons connected with the Establishment upon families of rank, and of every respectable denomination, enables the proprietors or their assistants to at once suggest or supply everything necessary for the occasion, and suited to any grade or condition of the community.
Page 237 - Amiens will find this Hotel combines superior accommodation, with the most moderate scale of charges. It is one of the oldest establishments on the continent ; and, having recently been newly furnished and decorated, it offers great comfort and agreeableness.
Page lv - J'accepte avec plaisir, Monsieur. I accept with pleasure, sir. 23. The Days of the week are: 2 dimanche, Sunday, lundi, Monday, mardi, Tuesday, mercredi, Wednesday, jeudi, Thursday, vendredi, Friday, samedi, Saturday.
Page lii - London consists in the greater purity and dryness of. the atmosphere, its freedom from smoke and fog, and in the weather being less variable from day to day. The summers are hotter, and the winters equally cold if not colder. The average quantity of rain which falls throughout the year is about as great in the one as in the other capital. It would not, therefore, be advisable to select Paris as a winter residence for delicate invalids, or those whose cases require attention to climate. It...
Page 226 - Hdtel de 1'Europe, was poor Charles Albert, passing by Toulouse, in his sad journey from the fatal field of Novara, to his retirement in Portugal. He arrived in an ordinary carriage, with a valet and courier only, and nobody guessed who he was. He was put into the first bed-room that happened to be vacant, and might have quitted Toulouse in as strict incognito as he entered it, had not my friend the chambermaid received from the hands of the valet a silver warming-pan for the purpose of warming the...