Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 · Boston, Roberts brothers · leaf 92
ted as unhealthy). Few bridges havebeen more unlucky than the Pont St. Michel. Inthe fifteenth century it was carried away by a pack of 1 In this view we are looking dow7t the river from the Quai desOrfevres. 2 This assertion is founded on strict measurement. In reality the semi-circular… … THE MORGUE IN 1840. A Voyage round the Island. 53 moving ice. It was again carried away in the middle ofthe sixteenth century, and destroyed again in the seven-teenth. The next structure was of stone, with houses;the present one was built by that true pontifex maximns,Napoleon III. Close to the…
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