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In time the twenty wagons, with their double and quadruple teams, attended fore and aft by cavaliers and court-ladies, papier mache grotesques, trick mules and "calico ponies," came once more to the grounds, still pursued by the excited crowd. Far ahead of the parade a loud-voiced "barker" rode, warning all people to look out for their horses: "The elephant is coming!"
The postilion offered a ten sols billet, which the landlady refused: one persisted in its validity, the other in rejecting it till, at last, the patriotism of neither could endure this proof, and peace was concluded by a joint execration of those who invented this fichu papier "Sorry paper." At we met our friend, Mad. de , with part of her family and an immense quantity of baggage.
Boutidoux, resorting to phrasemaking, called the assignats "un papier terre," or "land converted into paper." Boislandry answered vigorously and foretold evil results.
[Footnote ee: Mr. Bonnardot says: "Taches des crayons. (Plombagine, sanguine, crayon noir, etc.) Les traces récentes que laissent sur le papier ces divers crayons s'effacent au contact du caoutchouc, ou de la mie de pain; mais, quand elles sont trop anciennes, elles résistent
Looking around the room, he noticed an oak bucket that was already full and which was just the right size for his sculpture. He quickly secured it in place in the papier maché Dorothy's hands. "If this doesn't get a lot of loud cheers from the crowd, nothing will!" He rubbed his paws with glee. The day of the big parade came swiftly.
The postilion offered a ten sols billet, which the landlady refused: one persisted in its validity, the other in rejecting it till, at last, the patriotism of neither could endure this proof, and peace was concluded by a joint execration of those who invented this fichu papier "Sorry paper." At we met our friend, Mad. de , with part of her family and an immense quantity of baggage.
The G with the small t stands for 'Gesellschaft, which is the German for 'Company. It is a customary contraction like our 'Co. P, of course, stands for 'Papier. Now for the Eg. Let us glance at our 'Continental Gazetteer'." He took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves. "Eglow, Eglonitz here we are, Egria. It is in a German-speaking country in Bohemia, not far from Carlsbad.
The violation of the neutrality of Belgium was not an offence to a treaty more serious than this attempt; the Treaty of 1839 cannot be considered a chiffon de papier more than the Treaty of Versailles. Only the parties are inverted.
Good live-goose feather pillows sell for from $3 to $7, depending on the size, and should be provided with extra cotton slips, buttoning on, to protect the tick. The feather bolster has had its day. Its descendant, the bedroll of hair, paste-board, or papier maché, is for ornament only, and is used as a finish at the head of the bed with fancy draperies or coverings, which it matches.
It was not easy to make much of them; there were a few rocks, banks and clouds, also the waters of the deluge, all made of papier mache painted to appear real, and in among the rocks and banks were real plants, mostly the dwarf palm which grows plentifully on the mountain. There were wooden supports for the figures, to help them to stand in their places.
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