Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 196
indow in the Tuileries, turned awaywith a look of disappointment, and said, If I listenedto my own feelings I would begin the whole thing overagain. There are limits, however, even to the extrava-gance of a Napoleon III.; and though he might easilyhave squandered as much in other and less visible… … The Louvre. 121 each other across the gardens are so near that the spec-tator cannot retire far enough to see them completely.They can, in fact, only be seen in all their majestydiagonally from the Place du Carrousel. There theeffect is stately in the extreme, and very original; therebeing, I…
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