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Four Years in France: or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith — John Shaqi

Four Years in France: or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic FaithBeste, Henry Digby

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Four Years in France: or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith

Name: Four Years in France: or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith
Author: Beste, Henry Digby

Beste, Henry Digby

France -- Description and travel

The family of Fitz-James, settled at Essonne.--Description of
    Fontainebleau.--The Forest.--The King's bed.--The
    garden.--Maréchal de Coigny.--Tomb of a Dauphin at
    Sens.--Auxerre.--Banks of the Yonne.--Use of the
    hot-bath.--Cleanliness of the French.--Hilly country.--Vintages
    injured by the cold of 1816.--The coopers in activity.--The
    Plain of the Saône.--Coche d'eau.--Tournus.--Image of the
    Virgin.--Arrival at Lyons.--Fête de St. Louis.--The
    Cathedral.--Place Bellecour.--Cathedral at Vienne.--The
    Isere.--Valence.--Memoranda discovered at the 'Grand Monarque'
    Inn.--Country of the olive.--Flat roofs.--Bad inns.--Triumphal
    arch at Orange.                                                 193


CHAP. VIII.

    The entrance into Avignon.--The Place de la Comédie.--Warm
    baths.--Expense of the journey from Paris to Avignon.--A
    _négociant_ serves for a banker.--The Duke of Gloucester passes
    through Avignon.--Imprisonment of the hostess.--M.
    Moulin.--Visit paid by the author to the Prefect.--Also to the
    Mayor; an old noble.--His confiscated house repurchased.--The
    author inspects various houses.--Conditions of
    tenure.--Description of the house which he takes.--He furnishes
    it.--Observations on French trades-people.                       210


CHAP. IX.

    Description of Avignon.--The city walls.--Closing of the
    gates.--Inconvenience of this custom.--Public walk near the
    Rhone.--Tolls of the bridge.--Building of the bridge over the
    Rhone.--St. Benezet.--Of miracles.--Inundations.--The Rock of
    Avignon.--Palace of the Popes.--Cathedral.--The Glacière
    Tower.--Horrid history relating to it.--Avignon participated in
    the calamities of the revolution.--Conduct of the
    vice-legate.--Department of Vaucluse, of what it consists.--View
    from the summit of the Rock.--Château and town of
    Villeneuve.--Impressions left by the proscriptions and
    confiscations.--Rue Calade.--Public
    Library.--Museum.--Infirmary.--Jesuits' College.--Stone of
    which the palace and the city walls were built.                  219


CHAP. X.

    English families.--The Pretender.--Further account of the
    Revolution.--The revolutionary tribunal.--Condemnation of a
    mother and son.--Present state of society at Avignon.--Fêtes and
    card parties.--The author's tea-parties and dinners.--Contrast
    betwixt French and English cookery.--Mode of
    invitation.--Balls.--_Etiquette_ of the town.--Difficulty of
    acquiring a thorough knowledge of the French language.           230


CHAP. XI.

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Four Years in France: or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith

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