Diamonds and precious stones, a popular account of gems .. (1874)
Dieulafait, Louis, b. 1830, Sanford, Fanchon, tr · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company · leaf 110
s passed—veryliterally—through many hands;. for in the days CELEBRATED DIAMONDS. 89 that followed the fall of Louis XVL, the Regent,carefully chained and guarded by gendarmes, wasexposed to the people of Paris; and any half-starvedworkman who chose might. hold this symbol ofroyal splendour and… … Fig- 37-—Empress Eugenie. of the reckless band, and mounted in the statesword of the first Napoleon—finally glittered in theimperial diadem, through the palmy days ofNapoleon III. Another beautiful diamond is the Empress Eu-genie. It is cut as a brilliant, and weighs 51 carats. A third famous…
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