Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 251
buildings. All this is familiar enough ;but it is not so generally known, perhaps, that the oldGrand Chambre, the hall of meeting of the Parlementof Paris and the scene of so many momentous de-liberations and momentous events, still exists. It wasknown also as the Chambre Doree (the Gilded… … STREETS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS i8i on the occasion of holding a bed of justice. Here(August i6, 1655) Louis XIV delivered himself of thefamous LEtat cest moi ! (The State—I am theState), having ridden in, booted and spurred, from Vin-cennes to command the Parlement to register certaindecrees sans les…
French Revolution, 1795-1799 (Directoire) · Costume, French · France -- Social life and customs
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