Item 31 - Commentaires sur le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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Commentaires sur le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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  • 1750 (Creation)

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« [p. 26] St. Germains en Laye, wich is only three Miles from Marli, and to which you may drive when your Dinner is [p. 27] over, and if you arrive soon after Six, as you probably will, you may repair to this famed Terras, which is just by the Palace, and only a verry little Way from your Inn ; and there, for half an Hour, or ‘till you tire, you may tread the Walk which was many thousand Times trod over by our Countrymen, who followed the Fortunes of King James the Second. This Palace belongs to the Kings of France, and before Versailles and Marli were produced by Lewis the XIVth, was much reforted to by them, and kept in great Order, and on King James the Second’s leaving England, it was assigned for his Residence by Lewis le Grand, and King James and his Followers and Attendants, accordingly lived therein, and in the Town adjacent, for many Years ; but since his Decease, this Palace, tho’ a noble Structure, and a fine Situation, something like that of Windsor Castle, is growing into Decay ; and therefore the Terras is now the chief of what you’ll go to St. Germains for, except that it is convenient enough for you to lye at, so that you may next Morning in your Return back to Paris by the Way of St. Dennis, call and see. »

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