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The Story of Paris (Illustrated). E-book. Formato EPUB Thomas Okey   -  Bauer Books, 2024  - 

“I will not forget this, that I can never mutinie so much againstFrance but I must needes looke on Paris with a favourable eye: ithath my hart from my infancy; whereof it hath befalne me, as ofexcellent things, the more other faire and stately cities I have seenesince, the more hir beauty hath power and doth still usurpinglygaine upon my affections. I love that citie for hir own sake, and morein hir only subsisting and owne being, than when it is fall fraughtand embellished with forraine pompe and borrowed garishornaments. I love hir so tenderly that hir spottes, her blemishes andhir warts are deare unto me. I am no perfect French man but by thisgreat citie, great in people, great in regard of the felicitie of hirsituation, but above all great and incomparable in varietie anddiversitie of commodities; the glory of France and one of the noblestand chiefe ornaments of the world. God of his mercy free hir andchase away all our divisions from hir. So long as she shall continue,so long shall I never want a home or a retreat to retire and shrowdmyselfe at all times.”—MONTAIGNE.