The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . rble, stone,shell, ivory, silver, wool, bronze. This palace of Fontainebleau,—not ten years ago,—was a desolate dwelling, abandoned toevery wind of heaven; to-day it is a magnificent palace, worthy ofthe greatest kings. Thus the astonishment is immense among theroyal shadows. Who then has repaired my galleries ? criesFrancis J.; glory to him! he has replaced upon the walls myarms and the cipher of my beautiful mistress.— Who then hasraised again the staircase of Font
The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844 . rble, stone,shell, ivory, silver, wool, bronze. This palace of Fontainebleau,—not ten years ago,—was a desolate dwelling, abandoned toevery wind of heaven; to-day it is a magnificent palace, worthy ofthe greatest kings. Thus the astonishment is immense among theroyal shadows. Who then has repaired my galleries ? criesFrancis J.; glory to him! he has replaced upon the walls myarms and the cipher of my beautiful mistress.— Who then hasraised again the staircase of Fontainebleau, and preserved eventhe slightest traces of my departure ? cries the Emperor: gloryto him ! he has no fear of eagles or recollections, any more thanof the standards of the great army. Thus talk together thesetranquillized shades. At the same time, at the hour of midnight,re-appear, light as happy shadows, all the ladies who reignedfor a day in these royal dwellings. They glide gently uponthese soft carpets; they take their seats upon the restoredthrones; they rest upon the regilded sofas; they smile at their. AMBITION OF LOUIS PHILIPPE. 171 own beauty in these Venetian glasses, which erstwhile reflectedthem so fair and so beautiful; they dance in chorus beneaththese arched roofs, where every thing recalls to them formerdays. What a great and beautiful task has this head of adynasty, in fact, imposed upon himself! To save the ruins,to save the glories, to save the remembrances of his country ;to aspire rather to the title of preserver than of founder; toerect little, but to preserve all; to be prouder of drawing a palacefrom its ruin than of commencing it, and then leaving it imperfectat death ; to turn to advantage, to restore to all their primitivebrilliancy, all the luxury, all the enterprises, all the follies, all theroyal expenditure of three centuries ; thus to arrive at the mostadmirable result which ever crowned the work of the greatestarchitects, that is
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