Galignani's new [afterw.] illustrated Paris guide (1827, 39, 44), 53-55, 60, 63, 64, 79-94 |
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Página 491 - Bassin d'Encelade. A triangular space opposite the Bosquet des Domes contains this fountain, which is circular and surrounded by trees. The centre is occupied by a mass of rocks, beneath which Enceladus the Giant is struggling for liberty, and still endeavouring to hurl rocks at heaven. The figure, from whose mouth a column of water rises to the height of 60 feet, was executed by Marsy.
Página 32 - Manufactures of Linen, or of Linen mixed with cotton or with wool, not particularly enumerated, or otherwise charged with duty, not being articles wholly or in part made up.
Página 424 - ... hundreds, but little pressure or inconvenience is felt, and every person is admitted in his turn. Such, indeed, is the ardour for theatrical amusements exhibited by the population of Paris, that a crowd, or queue as it is commonly called, may always be found at the door of any popular theatre for several hours before the time of admission.
Página 40 - Pont d'lena 136 metres. The mean velocity of the water is 20 inches per second. In summer the Seine is very low, and often fordable; during the winter it rises high, and flows with much impetuosity. When the river rises more than 6 metres above its bed, parts of the town and adjacent country are liable to be inundated.
Página 481 - ... magnificent, and the furniture has been carefully restored to the state in which it was at the decease of the
Página 68 - BILLS OF EXCHANGE. — By the law of France all endorsements upon bills of exchange, &c., are required to be special. Unless a bill of exchange is payable to order it cannot be negotiated. The holder of a bill of exchange protested for non-payment may, upon procuring the order of a judge, distrain the goods and chattels of the drawer, the acceptor, and the indorsers; which, when so taken, are deposited in the hands of justice to answer the amount of the debt. Actions upon bills of exchange are limited...
Página 315 - Dieu. — Consists of large buildings, separated by the southern branch of the river, divided into wards for men and for women ; there are also gardens for convalescents. The laboratory, pharmacy, laundry, 8cc., are all on a large scale.
Página 425 - There are men who, notwithstanding the prohibition of the police, purchase tickets wholesale from the directors of the theatres, or else, on a new piece anxiously expected coming out, forestall the public by buying up at the door nearly all the tickets for the best places, and then sell them outside to the public; in the former case, at lower prices than are paid at the doors; in the latter, at any price they choose to ask.
Página 200 - The HOPITAL BEAUJON stands upon the opposite side of the street, and was founded, in 1784, for 24 orphans of the parish du Roule, 12 boys and 12 girls, for whose support Nicholas Beaujon endowed it with 20,000 livres annually.
Página 489 - ... from the vases. From the Bassin de Neptune we return to the Parterre d'Eau by the avenue des Trois Fontaines and des Ifs, which are in the same line. The former is without ornament; the latter contains 14 white marble vases and 5 statues.