Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 54
uch about this wall positively. They know, how-ever, that it included much of the town which hadspread out of the island, and therefore that it was thefirst clear definition of mediaeval Paris as distinguishedfrom the antique Lutetla. 1 The Petit Chatelet was a simpler building than the other, — a… … Lutetia. 29 The third wall was that of Philippe-Auguste, and ofthis we know a great deal, — almost as much as if wehad actually seen it. That great and energetic sover-eign was as enterprising in building as in politics, and thesame instinct which made him enlarge and strengthen.his kingdom led him…
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