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 356
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 … INTERIOR OF ST. ETIENNE DU MONT. country to her great men )—was removed by Louis XVIII.,and replaced by a dedication to God and St. Genevieve ; in1830 Louis Philippe, the citizen king, transferred it tosecular and monumental uses, and restored the former in-scription ; in 1851 the perjured…
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