Paris herself again in 1878-9 . THE LAST DAYS OF THE EXHIBITION. XIV. GOING ! GOING ! Nov. 10. Going ! Going ! Far more eloquently and impressively than•ever the late Mr. George Bobins was accustomed to expatiate, ivoryhammer in hand, on the superlative merits of some property whichhe was instructed to sell, is the auctioneers formula, although thewords themselves may not he uttered, in every corridor of the vastBazaar of the Champ de Mars. Going! Going! seem to me tobe written on all the objects which during many weeks have beenlandmarks to me in the Worlds Fair. The Crown diamonds ofFrance a
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . THE LAST DAYS OF THE EXHIBITION. XIV. GOING ! GOING ! Nov. 10. Going ! Going ! Far more eloquently and impressively than•ever the late Mr. George Bobins was accustomed to expatiate, ivoryhammer in hand, on the superlative merits of some property whichhe was instructed to sell, is the auctioneers formula, although thewords themselves may not he uttered, in every corridor of the vastBazaar of the Champ de Mars. Going! Going! seem to me tobe written on all the objects which during many weeks have beenlandmarks to me in the Worlds Fair. The Crown diamonds ofFrance are already gone ; and the stately pavilion, round whichcrowds used to gather to feast their eyes upon the glitteringglories of the Regent, the ceuf de pigeon, and the escargot, r==s
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