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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 358 — VII. OF THE TOWN.322

Henri Van Laun translation

Every year under Louis XIV.ʼs reign there were published large engravings, in which the king, the princes, and the principal persons of the court were represented, whilst lower down the citizens, the people, etc., were looking on, and the real almanack was pasted quite at the bottom.

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