The book Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 2 was written by author Lennox, William Pitt, Lord, 1799-1881 Here you can read free online of Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Philip Courtenay, Or, Scenes At Home And Abroad 2 a good or bad book?
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They were made with large leathern doors, which let down, and had nothing but curtains to them. It has been remarked, that if there had been glasses to the carriage of Henri Quatre, the monarch might have escaped assassination. That same monarch, " Le bon Henri" as he was justly called, once wrote to Sully, who was in a bad state of health — " I had settled upon r;oing to see you; but I was unable, because my wife took my coach." Bassompierre, under the reign of Louis XIII., was the first who i...ntroduced glasses. During the minority of Louis XIV., all the gentlemen of the court, who were not pre- vented by bodily infirmity, rode on horseback. The number of coaches in Paris in 1G58 did not exceed three hundred ; at the present day, more than that number may be hourly seen in the Champs Ely sees, or any other fashionable drive. PHILIP COURTENAY. 197 When Byron wrote about the age of mira- cles he lived in, the principal inventions of which were gas and galvanism, the noble bard little thought that a few short years would throw the wonder-mongers of his day into perfect insignificance.
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