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Title: The American in Paris, during the summer : being a companion to the "Winter in Paris;", or Heath's picturesque annual for 1844
Year: 1844 (1840s)
Authors: Janin, Jules Gabriel, 1804-1874
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Publisher: London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Contributing Library: The Centre for 19th Century French Studies - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e of France; thatwithin the enclosure of philosophy and literature, if the Collegeof France represented the left side, the Sorbonne should re-present the right .... Alas ! the left side was found everywhere, by the expiring monarchy. Omnia pontus erat, as Ovidsays, speaking of chaos. One of the fetes which brings summer into the Sorbonne,—a brilliant fete for the child who is about to become a youngman,—is the distribution of the prizes, among all the collegesof Paris and of Versailles. This is the hour anticipatedthroughout the whole year, by young minds, impatient forthe future. Shall I tell you the expanding pride of themothers, the animation of the children, the grave indifferenceof the professors, the number and the splendor of the crowns ?At this f^te of the princes of youth, you may hear mentionedwith applause, all the great names of Paris, in politics, inliterature, and in the arts; for the children of 1804 have be-come in their turn, fathers of families, and the son nobly
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CATHEDRAL OF SAINT DENIS. 66 recalls at the Sorbonne, the name and the glory of his father.But again we are far from the point whence we started. Youcan scarcely take one step, without the appearance of themonuments around you, recalling to remembrance the menwho built them, or the men who gave rise to their renown.But this is one of the all powerful charms of Paris, which isso filled with facts and ideas, with emotions and recollections.How many singular histories, how many incredible stories,have I picked up, in running here and there, somewhat athazard, as the city was built! The mere recital of the hosts,or rather the lodgers of the Parisian Pantheon, would makeone fancy he was in the midst of a fools dream. And yet—vanity of glory ! false and cruel popularity ! scarcely hadthe people placed there, their great men of a day, than theycame to take them away again, that they might throw themin a ditch. Fye, then, fye ! upon this tarnished glory ! Betterfar, to remain unknown all yo

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