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Paris and the Parisians in 1835, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
Paris and the Parisians in 1835 Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Frances Milton Trollope CONSIDERING that it is a woman who writes to you, I think you will confess that you have no reason to complain of having been overwhelmed with the fashions of Paris: perhaps, on the contrary, you may feel rather disposed to grumble because all I have hitherto said on the fertile subject of dress has been almost wholly devoted to the historic and... more » fanciful costume of the republicans. Personal appearance~ and all that concerns it, is, however, a very important feature in the
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LETTER XLIII; Peculiar Air of Frenchwomen - Impossibility tha t an; Englishwoman should not be known for such in ParisSma)); Shops-lleautjful Flou-ers, llnd pretty arrangement; of them -Native Gracc-Disappearancc of Rouge-Grey; Hair-Every article uearer than in London-All temptations; to smuggling removeu Page t; LETTER XLIV; Exclusive Soin!es- Soiree Doctrinairc-Duc de Broglie; -Soiree Hcpublicainc-Soirce Royaliste-Partie Imperiale; -llilitary Greatness-Dame ue )' Empire 11; LETTER XLV; L' Abbe Laeordaire-Various St~tements respecting hiru; -Poetical description of Notre Dame-Thc Prophecy of u; Roman Catholic-l es Jeunes Gens de Paris-Their omnipotence; La Tour de N"csle; YOLo If; 22; LETTER XLVI; CONTENTS; LETTER XLVII; Palais Royal-Variety of Characters-Pat'ty of English; -Restaurant-Galerie d'Orl~ans-Number of Loungers; -Convenient abundance of Idle Men-Theatre du Vaudeville; Page 40; LETTER XLVIII; Literary Conversation - lHodern Nm elists - Vicomte; (}'Arlincourt-His Portrait - Chateaubriand - Bernardin; de Saint Pierre - Shakspeare-Sir 'Valter Scott~French; familiarity with English Authors - Miss Mitford - Miss; Landon-Parisian pas~ion for Novehy-Extcnt of general; Information 62; LETTER XLIX; Trial by Jury-Power of the Jury in France-Comparative; insignificance of that vested in the Judge-Virtual Abolition; of Capital« less