August 11, 2011
von Melanie Grundmann
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Sous un titre léger faisons de la morale. C’est dans ce pavillon que, de la capitale, Viennent se rassembler les gros spéculateurs, Les régents du crédit, les fougueux orateurs, Gens de parti, chefs de cabale: Voilà les charlatans et les … Weiterlesen
August 8, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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On demandait à quelqu’un pourquoi le boulevard qui commence au coin de la rue de la Chaussée-d’Antin et va mourir au cap de la Grange-Batelière se nomme boulevard des Italiens : «C’est sans doute, répondit-il, parce que le boulevard des … Weiterlesen
Juli 3, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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Let us make our way through this crowd of idlers and cross the Boulevard to Tortoni’s. It was here that Isabelle the flowergirl of the Jockey Club first made her appearance to the Parisian dandy. She was patronised by ces … Weiterlesen
Juni 27, 2010
von Melanie Grundmann
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BY MRS. POSTANS. The Parisian Dandy? Even so. The Boulevards have their vanities as well as Regent-street, and although where dress, manners, and affectations of various kinds, seem to make up the sum, end, and purpose of life with the … Weiterlesen
Oktober 10, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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National sports and pastimes may be said to arise out of circumstances of climate and government; just as certain plants and trees are indigenous to the soil. Few of them will bear transplantation to other latitudes. The Montagnet Busses, so … Weiterlesen
August 3, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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Tortoni’s, the last survivor of whose founders died only the other day, has its historical reminiscences. Therein is to be found the salon, known as the “blue salon,” once hallowed by the occupancy of M. de Talleyrand. The window is … Weiterlesen
April 20, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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Das Café Tortoni in der rue Taitbout, Paris, war Treffpunkt der Dandys und der fashionablen Gesellschaft. Die Zeitschrift La Mode schrieb am 25. Juli 1843: »C’est vainement que la concurrence cherche à enlever la foule élégante qui remplit chaque soir … Weiterlesen