Identifier: ninetythree01hugo (find matches)
Title: Ninety-three
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885 Benedict, Frank Lee, 1834-1910
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Publisher: London, New-York : G. Routledge and Sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nière : there was the Al-manac of the (fourmands. Peojjle dined in the entresols of the PalaisRoyal to the din of orchestras of women Ijeating drums and blowing-trumpets; the rigadooner reigned, bow in hand. People slippedOriental fashion at Méots, surrounded by perfumes. The artist Bozepainted his daughters, innocent and charming heads of sixteen, en fjuil-lotinees ; that is to say, with bare necks and red shifts. To the wilddances in the ruined clnuches succeeded the balls of Ruggieri, of Luquet-Wenzel, Mauduit, and the Montansier; to grave citizenesses makinglint succeeded sultanas, savages, nymphs ; to the naked feet of the sol-diers covered with Ijlood, dust, and mud, succeeded th(> naked feet ofwomen decorated with diamonds ; at the same time, with shamelessness,improbity reappeared ; and it had its purveyors in high ranks, and theirimitators among the class below. A swarm of sharpers filled Paris, andevery man was forced to guard well his lue —that is, his i)Ocket-l)Ook.
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M XJ-: T Y- THREE. 131 Oue of the amusemeuts of the day was to go to the Pahxce of Justice tosee the female thieves ; it was uecessavy to tie fast their petticoats. Atthe doors of the theatres the street boys (.)peued cab doors, saying, Citizen aud citizeuess, there is room for two. The Old Cordelier audthe Friend of the People were uo longer sold. In their place were criedPunches Letter aud the Rogues Petition. The Marquis de Sade presidedat the Section of the Pikes, Place Vendôme. The reaction was jovial andferoeioiis. The Dnif/ons ofLibcrtij of 92 were reborn under the name ofthe Chevaliers of the Dagger. At the same time there appeared in thebooths that type, Jocrisse. There were the Merveilleuses, and inadvance of these feminine maivels came the Inc)-oi/ahles. Peopleswore by strange and affected oaths ; they jumped back from Mirabeauto Bobèche. Thus it is that Paris sways back and forth; it is theenormous pendulum of ci-vilization ; it touches either pole in tm-n, Ther-mopyhe a

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