Miltoun, Francis · Boston, L. C. Page & company · leaf 370
the pride of Louis XV,was designed by the architect Gabriel, and itsreigning goddess was Marie Antoinette. Souve-nirs of the unhappy queen are many, but thecaretakers are evidently bored with their dutiesand hustle you through the apartments withscant ceremony that they may doze again un-disturbed… … O The Gardens of Versailles 277 tive, are found in place of the majestic lines ofthe formal garden when laid out after the Frenchmanner. The Hameau, where is the dairy where thequeen played housewife and shepherdess, isjust to therear of thisbijou palaceand looksstagy and un-real enoughto be…
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