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You recollect his pearl fountain of Cologne water? 'Millecolonnes fitted up his place, I think? asked the young Duke; 'but it was before my time. 'Oh! yes; little Bijou, said Annesley. 'He has done you justice, Duke. I think the Alhambra much the prettiest thing in town. 'I was attacked the other day most vigorously by Mrs. Dallington to obtain a sight, said Lord Squib.
Peter's; Bijou de Millecolonnes laughed at the ancients, called Palladio and Michel barbarians of the middle ages, and had himself invented an order. Bijou was not so plausible as Sir Carte; but he was infinitely more entertaining. Far from being servile, he allowed no one to talk but himself, and made his fortune by his elegant insolence.
How singular it is that those who love servility are always the victims of impertinence! Gaily did Bijou de Millecolonnes drive his pea-green cabriolet to the spot in question. He formed his plan in an instant. 'The occasional retreat of a noble should be something picturesque and poetical. The mind should be led to voluptuousness by exquisite associations, as well as by the creations of art.
M. Bijou de Millecolonnes, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour and member of the Academy of St. Luke's, except in his title, was the antipodes of Sir Carte Blanche. Sir Carte was all solidity, solemnity, and correctness; Bijou de Millecolonnes all lightness, gaiety, and originality. Sir Carte was ever armed with the Parthenon, Palladio, and St.
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