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 371
thJansenists and Protestants, who were thus separated fromthe prisoners of the common jails ; and, later, under LouisXV. by a whole population of obnoxious pamphleteers A whole library has been written concerning the identity of thisfamous prisoner. There is little doubt that the mask was of velvet… … THE BASTILLE 251 and champions of philosophy. Books as well as theirauthors were incarcerated, and released when considered nolonger dangerous ; the tomes of famous Encyclopedie spentsome years there. From the opening of the eighteenthcentury the horrible, dark and damp dungeons, half under-ground…
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