The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . his residence in the Rue des Peresacross the river to the Louvre. This experiment was not verysuccessful, for the new Icarus fell into the Seine, and coming intocollision with a barge broke his leg. He was hissed for his pains bythe crowd, which showed itself more indulgent to the sorcerer Bleton,who undertook to discover with a magic wand springs of freshwater in various parts of Paris. The crush was so great that manypeople were half suftbcated at the , when he pointedto a spring of bubbling water in t
The XVIIIth century; its institutions, customs, and costumes France, 1700-1789 . his residence in the Rue des Peresacross the river to the Louvre. This experiment was not verysuccessful, for the new Icarus fell into the Seine, and coming intocollision with a barge broke his leg. He was hissed for his pains bythe crowd, which showed itself more indulgent to the sorcerer Bleton,who undertook to discover with a magic wand springs of freshwater in various parts of Paris. The crush was so great that manypeople were half suftbcated at the , when he pointedto a spring of bubbling water in the hitherto dryest part of thegarden. Even when admittance to a place of amusement was by payment,more than half of the audience consisted of free admissions. Theriver jousts, authorised by the police in i 768, and carried on withgreat success for many years, attracted enormous crowds. Thepromoters of this entertainment erected on the banks of the Seine,near La Rapee, stands to which admission was by payment, butmore than 100,000 people got a gratuitous view of the jousts, by. ^?^^ li!i!ll|!|l|l|!llliilf5i!ilft
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