The Story of Paris

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Story of Paris by Thomas Okey, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Thomas Okey ISBN: 9781465562937
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Library of Alexandria Language: English
Author: Thomas Okey
ISBN: 9781465562937
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: July 29, 2009
Imprint: Library of Alexandria
Language: English
Winged Victory of Samothrace. "I will not forget this, that I can never mutinie so much against France but I must needes looke on Paris with a favourable eye: it hath my hart from my infancy; whereof it hath befalne me, as of excellent things, the more other faire and stately cities I have seene since, the more hir beauty hath power and doth still usurpingly gaine upon my affections. I love that citie for hir own sake, and more in hir only subsisting and owne being, than when it is fall fraught and embellished with forraine pompe and borrowed garish ornaments. I love hir so tenderly that hir spottes, her blemishes and hir warts are deare unto me. I am no perfect French man but by this great citie, great in people, great in regard of the felicitie of hir situation, but above all great and incomparable in varietie and diversitie of commodities; the glory of France and one of the noblest and chiefe ornaments of the world. God of his mercy free hir and chase away all our divisions from hir. So long as she shall continue, so long shall I never want a home or a retreat to retire and shrowd myselfe at all times." —Montaigne. "Quand Dieu eslut nonante et dix royaumes Tot le meillor torna en douce France." Couronnement Loys
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Winged Victory of Samothrace. "I will not forget this, that I can never mutinie so much against France but I must needes looke on Paris with a favourable eye: it hath my hart from my infancy; whereof it hath befalne me, as of excellent things, the more other faire and stately cities I have seene since, the more hir beauty hath power and doth still usurpingly gaine upon my affections. I love that citie for hir own sake, and more in hir only subsisting and owne being, than when it is fall fraught and embellished with forraine pompe and borrowed garish ornaments. I love hir so tenderly that hir spottes, her blemishes and hir warts are deare unto me. I am no perfect French man but by this great citie, great in people, great in regard of the felicitie of hir situation, but above all great and incomparable in varietie and diversitie of commodities; the glory of France and one of the noblest and chiefe ornaments of the world. God of his mercy free hir and chase away all our divisions from hir. So long as she shall continue, so long shall I never want a home or a retreat to retire and shrowd myselfe at all times." —Montaigne. "Quand Dieu eslut nonante et dix royaumes Tot le meillor torna en douce France." Couronnement Loys

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Things Seen in Spain by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Chapters on Jewish Literature by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book The Unexploited West: A Compilation of all of the Authentic Information Available at the Present Time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book My Friend Annabel Lee by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book The Jacob Street Mystery by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Helen Vardon's Confession by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book The Little Book of the Flag by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Queen Victoria As I Knew Her by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book Fairy Tales from Spain by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book A Hunter's Sketches by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book The Colonial Cavalier, or Southern Life before the Revolution by Thomas Okey
Cover of the book An Autumn Sowing by Thomas Okey
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy