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On the northern side of the gardens, extends the handsome Rue Rivoli, with its noble colonnade; at No. 48, is the Hôtel des Finances, a spacious building covering a large extent of ground, containing several courts, with offices, and splendid apartments for the Minister. We shall now cross the Rue Rivoli, and take the Rue des Pyramides, also having an arcade all through the Rue St.
In the Avenue de l'Opera, at the intersection of the Rue Louis-le-Grand, the Paris shop of the Singer Sewing Machine Company is closed, while on the other side Hanan's boot and shoe store is also shut. Just off the avenue, where the Rue des Pyramides cuts in, the establishment where the Colgate and the Chesebrough companies exploit their products likewise presents barred doors.
M. Violette immediately observed the young girl, seated under a "Bataille des Pyramides" with two swords crossed above it, a carnation in her hair. It was in midsummer, and through the open window one could see the magnificent moonlight, which shone upon the esplanade and made the huge cannon shine.
M. Violette immediately observed the young girl, seated under a "Bataille des Pyramides" with two swords crossed above it, a carnation in her hair. It was in midsummer, and through the open window one could see the magnificent moonlight, which shone upon the esplanade and made the huge cannon shine.
Rather a ditch in Egypt Be gentle grave unto me! rather on Nilus' mud Lay me stark naked, and let the water-flies Blow me into abhorring! rather make My country's high pyramides my gibbet, And hang me up in chains! She asks Dolabella what Caesar means to do with her, and when she learns that she is to be taken to Rome she recurs to the horror of the triumph. 'Now, Iras, what think'st thou?
Je demande á present quelle idée on peut se faire de l'origine de ces feuillets plans et de toutes ces pyramides grandes et petites qui résultent de leur assemblage, si on ne les considère pas comme les restes ou les noyaux les plus durs des couches qui out résisté aux ravages du temps, tandis que les parties intermédiaires, qui les lioient entr'elles, out été détruites par ces mêmes ravages.
Then I went back to my room, and was only just in time to catch Theodore calmly pocketing the hundred-franc note which my fair client had left on the table. I secured the note and I didn't give him a black eye, for it was no use putting him in a bad temper when there was so much to do. That very same evening I interviewed the concierge at No. 65 Rue des Pyramides. From him I learned that Mr.
Harris and I took some guides and porters and ascended to the Hotel des Pyramides, which is perched on the high moraine which borders the Glacier des Bossons. The road led sharply uphill, all the way, through grass and flowers and woods, and was a pleasant walk, barring the fatigue of the climb. From the hotel we could view the huge glacier at very close range.
Farewell's bachelor establishment of a young and beautiful girl, whom he tried to keep a virtual prisoner under his eye. The next morning, dressed in a shabby blouse, alpaca cap, and trousers frayed out round the ankles, I Hector Ratichon, the confidant of kings was lounging under the porte-cochere of No. 65 Rue des Pyramides.
"Your pardon, Mademoiselle," I added more calmly, seeing that the lovely creature was gazing at me with eyes full of astonishment not unmixed with distrust, "I am anticipating. Am I to understand, then, that you have made your home with this Mr. Farewell?" "Yes, Monsieur, at number sixty-five Rue des Pyramides." "Is he a married man?" I asked casually. "He is a widower, Monsieur." "Middle-aged?"
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