Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward (1904)
Okey, Thomas, 1852-1935 · London : J. M. Dent & co.; New York, The Macmillan co. · leaf 309
e crown, in order that Frenchculture and grace might be diffused among them ; theywere to be taught the use of arms, horsemanship, dancing.Christian piety and belles-lettres. A vast domed edificewas raised on the site of the Tour de Nesle, and becamefamous as the college of the Four Nations. It was… … THE INSTITUT DE FRANCE. CHAPTER XV THE GRAND MONARQUE VERSAILLES AND PARIS The century of Louis XIV., whose triumphs have been soextravagantly celebrated by Voltaire, saw the culminationand declension of French military glory, literary splendour,and regal magnificence. Never did king of France…
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