Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 101Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Century Company, 1920 - American literature |
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... Marie et Marie Doxarain Conjoints ' Mes de la Présente Maison 1767 " In the kitchen the great chimney , with its spacious fireplace , is the center of attraction . It projects well into the room , with the hearthstone raised a few ...
... Marie et Marie Doxarain Conjoints ' Mes de la Présente Maison 1767 " In the kitchen the great chimney , with its spacious fireplace , is the center of attraction . It projects well into the room , with the hearthstone raised a few ...
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... Marie Antoinette by the celebrated Madame Vigée Lebrun , who speaks about the sittings for that very por- trait in her Memoirs , which I have just been reading ; several Wouvermans ; two delightful heads by Greuze ; a very sad looking ...
... Marie Antoinette by the celebrated Madame Vigée Lebrun , who speaks about the sittings for that very por- trait in her Memoirs , which I have just been reading ; several Wouvermans ; two delightful heads by Greuze ; a very sad looking ...
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... Marie Louise , and on each side of a very valuable Louis XVI dressoir stand two large gilt candelabra supported by Sèvres figures , the whole thing about seven or eight feet high . There , too , on one side , a beauti- ful marble statue ...
... Marie Louise , and on each side of a very valuable Louis XVI dressoir stand two large gilt candelabra supported by Sèvres figures , the whole thing about seven or eight feet high . There , too , on one side , a beauti- ful marble statue ...
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... Marie Antoinette the empress invariably drew parallels be- tween the ill - fated queen and herself . She told us one day about her visiting Marie Antoinette's prison , incognito , on a certain Palm Sunday during the em- pire . To avoid ...
... Marie Antoinette the empress invariably drew parallels be- tween the ill - fated queen and herself . She told us one day about her visiting Marie Antoinette's prison , incognito , on a certain Palm Sunday during the em- pire . To avoid ...
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... Marie Antoinette , and knew the story of the queen's knocking her head as she en- tered the low - ceiled prison , and the scornful " Baisse - toi , fière Autrichienne ! " of the jailer ; but in the painful interest of the moment ...
... Marie Antoinette , and knew the story of the queen's knocking her head as she en- tered the low - ceiled prison , and the scornful " Baisse - toi , fière Autrichienne ! " of the jailer ; but in the painful interest of the moment ...
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