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 354
d proved tooweak to sustain the weight of the huge cupola. Before thetemple was consecrated the Revolutionists came, and notingits monumental aspect used it with admirable fitness as aPantheon Fran^ais for the remains of their heroes ; thedome designed to cover the relics of St. Genevieve… … Mont S. tlicNKvitvE from LIle S. Louis. PARIS UNDER LOUIS XV. 239 Thrice has this unlucicy fane been the prize of Christian andRevolutionary reactionaries. In 1806 Napoleon I. restoredit to Christian worship, and in 1822 the famous inscription— Auxgrands Hommes la Patrie reconnaisante ( A grateful
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