Days near Paris . he charming old-fashioned garden be-hind the palace, designed by Lenotre, covered with snow-drops in early spring. It is backed by a sunny terraceupon the walls, ending in a pavilion, where Bossuet spentmuch of his time, but which is no longer furnished. Herewere composed many of those sermons (which began inimprovisations at the Hotel de Rambouillet) in which,with thorough knowledge and use of the Fathers, and inkingly splendor of style, the great bishop chiefly aimed atupholding the majesty of the Church doctrines, and makingof theological dogma a living reality. He is, how
Days near Paris . he charming old-fashioned garden be-hind the palace, designed by Lenotre, covered with snow-drops in early spring. It is backed by a sunny terraceupon the walls, ending in a pavilion, where Bossuet spentmuch of his time, but which is no longer furnished. Herewere composed many of those sermons (which began inimprovisations at the Hotel de Rambouillet) in which,with thorough knowledge and use of the Fathers, and inkingly splendor of style, the great bishop chiefly aimed atupholding the majesty of the Church doctrines, and makingof theological dogma a living reality. He is, however, al-most better known by his funeral orations than by his ME A UX 259 sermons, though they are more artificial, and their high-sounding phrases would now be unendurable. The Evech^ is full of historic associations, besides beingvery curious in itself. Here have slept many noteworthy person-ages—Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, on their sad returnfrom Varennes, June 24, 1791 ; Napoleon in 1814; Charles X. in. LA MAITRISE, MEAUX. 1828 ; later, General Moltke in 1870, who said on that occasion,In three days, or a week at most, we shall be in Paris, notcounting on the possibilities of a siege.—Holidays in EasternFrance. Behind the cathedral is the curious building, of theXIII. c, called La Maitrise. The bridges across theMarne are covered with mills, some of them very old andpicturesque. XIV. FONTAINEBLEA U. THE Chemin cle Fer de Lyon (for Fontainebleau)starts from the Boulevard Mazas. It passes— I k. (right), the village of Conflans^ where the libertinearchbishop of Paris, Harlay de Champvalon, built a cha-teau^ in which he died August 6, 1695, when Mme deCoulanges wrote to Mme de Sevigne: II sagit mainte-nant de trouver quelquun qui se charge de Ioraison fune-bre. On pretend quil ny a que deux petites bagatellesqui rendent cet ouvrage difficile: la vie et la mort. Thechateau continued to be the residence of the archbishopsbefore and after the Revolution, till a service
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