Paris past & present . )s,and bookstalls; arcades where the gallantriesand vices of former centuries are replaced bythe most d(j)raved actions of modern times;n(!glecte<l ])iomenades, foliagii not always. THE FAMOUS PALAIS KOYAL. Ill green, fountains that seldom pour forth theirwaters, a spot given over to the childrenof the lower classes, a romping place forParis gamins,—such is now the famous Pal-ais Royal. Over its front might be written,This was Paris; now it is only a countrygarden. And yet these gardens and galleries havebeen the theatre of a great many importantevents in French histo
Paris past & present . )s,and bookstalls; arcades where the gallantriesand vices of former centuries are replaced bythe most d(j)raved actions of modern times;n(!glecte<l ])iomenades, foliagii not always. THE FAMOUS PALAIS KOYAL. Ill green, fountains that seldom pour forth theirwaters, a spot given over to the childrenof the lower classes, a romping place forParis gamins,—such is now the famous Pal-ais Royal. Over its front might be written,This was Paris; now it is only a countrygarden. And yet these gardens and galleries havebeen the theatre of a great many importantevents in French history. In it power oncedwelt that was long in open rivalry with theruling sovereign, and in it the great Revolutionof 1789 began. Pleasure, vice, dissipation, in-dustry, have all flourished within its limits;and prodigalities, miseries, and curious con-trasts have jostled each other under arcadesthat once were the hell and the paradise ofParisians. The palace cost Richelieu a great deal ofmoney, but he did not care for that; he evenpaid out an additional large sum for the Hotelde Sillery alongside, then pulled it down so asto have a public square in front of his owndoor. Thence he laid out the Rue Ric
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