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Barbier, Le Barbier de Séville^ also by Beaumarchais

Pag^ 73. — I. d'Essigny. She is called in the légal documents Leguay-d'Oliva.

2. Palais-RoyaL Despite the name, this was not inhabited by the royal family, but by the duc d*Orléans, who to replenish his squandered exchequer threw open the gardens and started shops in the colonnades.

3. thérèse, a sort of hood called coqueluchotiy and later thérèse.

Page 74. — i. vraisemblable. Notice the weakness of Michelet*s conclusions unfavorable to the queen. They are based merely on his anti-monarchical préjudice.

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