Paris is a vast pile of tall and dirty alleys, of slaughter-houses and barbers' shops — an immense suburb huddled together within the walls so close, that you cannot see the loftiness of the buildings for the narrowness of the streets, and where all... Notes of a Journey Through France and Italy - Page 131by William Hazlitt - 1826 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1830 - 696 pages
...central parts of the city, dirty and unsighK ly. " Paris (says a late writer) is a vast collection of dirty alleys, of slaughter-houses, and barbers' shops;...and where all that is fit to live in, and best worth lookiug at, is turned out upon the quays, the boulevards, and their immediate vicinity." — This,... | |
| Jacob Green - 1831 - 296 pages
...central parts of the city, dirty and unsightly. " Paris (says a late writer) is a vast collection of dirty alleys, of slaughter-houses, and barbers' shops;...the boulevards, and their immediate vicinity."— This, though rather highly coloured, is, I think, from my rambles today, a pretty correct picture.... | |
| Augustine Birrell - 1902 - 264 pages
...of a dozen stories, — fancy all this and worse, and, with a change of scene, you are in Paris. " Paris is a vast pile of tall and dirty alleys, of...in, and best worth looking at, is turned out upon quays, the boulevards, and their immediate vicinity." Over the garden of the Tuileries he grows eloquent,... | |
| Augustine Birrell - 1902 - 258 pages
...of a dozen stories, — fancy all this and worse, and, with a change of scene, you are in Paris. " Paris is a vast pile of tall and dirty alleys, of slaughterhouses and baibers' shops — an immense suburb huddled together within the walls so close, that you, cannot see... | |
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