A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capitalLemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)
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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital
Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)
Paris (France) -- Description and travel
Champ de Mars, 237
Champs Elisées, 228
Chantilly, 7
Claissens, Anthony, 25
Clotilde, mademoiselle, 124
Cloud, St., 192
Comparison between London and Paris, 282
Concert of the blind, 104
Conciergerie, 225
Concordat, 188
Contat, mademoiselle, 118
Cornwallis, lord, 67
Corregio, 35
Costume of dress, 93, 176
Cosway, Maria, copying the principal pictures in the Museum for
prints, 15
Court of Bonaparte, 159
of madame Bonaparte, 188
Criminal law, 224
D.
Dancers, 123, 190
Dances, 95, 142
Dancing, 144
Deaf and dumb, 69
Dessein’s hotel, 3
Dinner with Bonaparte, 247
Domenichino, 35
Douaine at Calais, 2
Dover, 1
Duel, frivolous occasion of one, 233
Dress, 93, 176
Durer, Albert, 25
Dutch school of painting, _ib._
Dyck, Anthony Van, 26, 173
Philip Van, 27
E.
École Militaire, 238
Edouard en Ecosse, 146
Élèves, theatre of, 131
Elephant, account of, 261
Emigrés, their conduct to the english, 57, 58
Enfans trouvés, 236
English language most simple and natural in its construction, 70
Engravings, cabinet of, 253
Exorbitant demands at Versailles, 198
Expenses at Paris, 266
F.
Fashions, 176
Ferrari, Gandertio, 36
Fête for the peace, 40
Feydeau, théâtre, 125
Fire arms, manufacture of, 195
Fireworks, 50
Fitzjames, the ventriloquist, 132
Flemish school of painting, 25
Fleury, the actor, 119
Fond, la, 116
Footmen, english, publicly forbidden to wear laced hats, 178
Fournisseur, assembly at the house of a, 137
Fox, Mr., opinion entertained of him, as an orator, in french
society, 78
French school of painting, 23
Frescati, 231
Furniture of the houses in Paris, 60, 295
G.
Gallery of paintings, 11, 166
of statues, 16
Galvanism explained by Massieu, deaf and dumb, 106
Gambling houses, 99
Gardens of Paris, 228, 229
Garden, national, of plants, 260, 261
Généviève, St., 182
Gens d’armes, 216
German school of painting, 25
Germain, St., 203
Globes, 250
Gobelins, 235
Governmental class of society, 55, 59
Guards, consular, 84
Guercino, paintings of, 37, 173
Guides, les, 215
Guido, paintings of, 36
Guillotine, 225
Gyzen, Peter, 27
H.
Hameau de Chantilly, 229
Harpe, la, 256
Hayes, de, 190
Henry, the Fourth, original manuscript of, 252
Henry, madame, 127
Holbein, Hans, paintings of, 27
Horses, 177, 202, 270
Horsemanship, exhibitions of, 181
Hospitals, 304
Hotels, 9, 272
list of the best in Paris, and their prices, 273
Houses, description of an elegant Parisian house, 60
expense of, 267
I & J.
Jets d’eau at St. Cloud, 193
at Versailles, 197
Illuminations, description of, at Paris, 47, 179, 220
Indifference in the french people, 179
Inns, 8
Institute, national, 259
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