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
Institution for the deaf and dumb, 69
for the blind, 103
for les enfans trouvés, 236
Introduction to Bonaparte, 158
Invalides, 238
Italian opera, 42, 128
Italian school of painting, 31
Judges of the tribunals, 222
Justice of a juge de paix at Versailles, 199
K.
Kosciusko, 145
L.
Lanfranco, 38
Laocoon, description of the statue, 21
La partie de chasse de Henri IV, 133
Laquais de place, expense of, 270
Lectures, account of, 256
Legislative body, account of its sittings, 63
Leonardo da Vinci, paintings of, 38, 173
Lewis XIV, memoirs of his own times, 251
Libraries, want of circulating, in Paris, 264
Library, national, 250
of the Pantheon, 254
des quatre nations, 255
Mazarine, _ib._
of the institute, _ib._
of the legislature, tribunate, senate, &c., _ib._
Literature, advantages in the pursuits of, at Paris, 249
Lodgings, price of, 272, 273
London compared with Paris, 282
Long Champ, 205
Louvois, théâtre, 127
Louvre, 11
Luxembourg, palace of, 181
Lyceum, 255
M.
Malmaison, 203
Mamalukes, 217
Manuscripts, cabinet of, 257
Maria Cosway, her paintings and proposed engravings, 15
Marley, 203
Masquerade at Paris, 5
Massieu, deaf and dumb pupil of l’abbé Sicard, 71, 105
Mauvais compagnie, definition of the phrase, 54
Mazarine library, 255
Medals, cabinet of, 251, 253
Ménagerie, 260
Military made use of on trifling occasions, 214
Mineralogy, collection of, 262
Mistakes of the french concerning english names, 127
Molière’s plays, 120
Molière, théâtre de, 129
Montreuil, 5
Monuments, collection of, 242
Moreau, general, 135
Monvel, 119
Mousseux, garden of, 229
Museum of arts, 11, 166
of monuments, 239
N.
National institute, 259
National library, 250
New year’s day kept at Paris, 98
Noir, le, 240
O.
Observatory, 236
Œconomy of Paris, 267
Opera, french, 123
Opera, italian, 42, 128
Orange, prince of, his introduction to Bonaparte, 159
Orators, french, 89
P.
Paintings, gallery of, 11, 166
catalogue of, 23, 169
at Versailles, 195
restored, 167
Palace Royal, 99
of Versailles, 195
of Justice, 222
Pantheon, description of, 182
library of, 254
Paris, view of, 183, 230
streets of, 227, 293
compared with London, 282
Parvenues, or third class of society, 55, 60
Passports, 3, 8
Paul Potter, paintings of, 28
Payne, of the York Hotel, Dover, 1
People, better behaved to their superiours since the revolution, 6
Pettit, madame, 116
Phantasmagorie de Robertson, 131
Phyllis, mademoiselle, 126
Plate glass, manufactory of, 105
Police, their order, 93
Pordenone, paintings of, 171
Portalis, account and speech of, 87
Poussin, Nicholas, paintings of, 23
Price of posting, 5
of the various articles of life, 269
of tickets for the play, 122, 268, 272
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