Paris herself again in 1878-9 . ss of Savoy, the Austrian Sclmarz-gelt, the Russian flag withthe double-headed eagle on the vast field of yellow, the Americanstars and stripes, and our own Union Jack, together with theSpanish tricolor, blood to the fingers ends, and a number ofbizarre cognisances belonging to less known nationalities, flauntedand fluttered from thousands of windows. I even saw, at a per-fumers on the Boulevard Montmartre, a very creditable imitationof the stateliest banner in the world—the Royal Standard ofEngland. It is true that the designer had thrown in a leopardor two, an
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . ss of Savoy, the Austrian Sclmarz-gelt, the Russian flag withthe double-headed eagle on the vast field of yellow, the Americanstars and stripes, and our own Union Jack, together with theSpanish tricolor, blood to the fingers ends, and a number ofbizarre cognisances belonging to less known nationalities, flauntedand fluttered from thousands of windows. I even saw, at a per-fumers on the Boulevard Montmartre, a very creditable imitationof the stateliest banner in the world—the Royal Standard ofEngland. It is true that the designer had thrown in a leopardor two, and the Prince of Waless plumes and the Order of theGarter, and had thus caused some confusion among the quarter-ings ; nor, perhaps, was a superimposed escutcheon of Britanniariding on a lion, and looking like Dannekers Ariadne, who hadsuddenly bethought herself of donning a helmet and some lightdrapery in order not to be thought schkocking, strictly in accord-ance Avith the proper laws of blazonry; still the intent was excel-. ^ -•/?fey/iNtS ..?v
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