The parks and gardens of Paris, considered in relation to the wants of other cities and of the public and private gardens; being notes on a study of Paris gardens (1878)
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935 · London, Macmillan · leaf 212
ttiry in tlu \ !>• Chap. XII.] THE CEMKTEHIKS OF IAIUS. 175 little tokens of love, knowiuf]^ well that a few years will sweepaway these, and that afterwards they cannot even tell where isthe dust of those that have heen taken from them. One day,when in tlie Cemetery of Mont Parnasse, I saw the… … headstones, many of them bearing a date four years before.These had been placed on ground that had not been paid for inperpetuity, and were consequently grubbed up at the end of afew years when the ground was required again for another seriesof these disgusting interments, which arc needless too so…
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