The Court of the Tuileries, 1852-1870, Its Organization, Chief Personages, Splendour, Frivolity, And Downfall
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Over 600 brilliants were set in it, yet.
it sold for no more than £5260 ; while only ^£7200 were given for the Russian diadem with its 1200 brilliants and its 440 roses. As a matter of fact, however large may have been the total amount of money realized by the sale of the French crown jewels, many lots were disposed of for much less than they would fetch nowadays when the magnates at the head of the diamond trade neglect no occasion to prevent what they regard as an undue fall in prices.
The Em...press's mornings were largely given to charitable work. In addition to the Eugene-Napoleon asylum for orphan girls, founded with the money which the city of Paris had offered to expend on jewellery at the time of her marriage, and afterwards maintained chiefly by her own resources, there were many other institutions in which she took a close interest. She gave the chateau of Longchene to the city of Lyons to serve as a convalescent home, she extended patronage and considerable pecuniary help to such institutions as the Loan to Labour Society (which provided artisans with tools and raw materials), the Seamen's Orphanage, the Lifeboat Society, the Funds for assisting both old seamen and the families of soldiers killed in warfare (Crimea, Italy, etc.) ; and in addition to the particular solicitude which she evinced in the Children's Hospital in the Faubourg St.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Over 600 brilliants were set in it, yet.
it sold for no more than £5260 ; while only ^£7200 were given for the Russian diadem with its 1200 brilliants and its 440 roses. As a matter of fact, however large may have been the total amount of money realized by the sale of the French crown jewels, many lots were disposed of for much less than they would fetch nowadays when the magnates at the head of the diamond trade neglect no occasion to prevent what they regard as an undue fall in prices.
The Em...press's mornings were largely given to charitable work. In addition to the Eugene-Napoleon asylum for orphan girls, founded with the money which the city of Paris had offered to expend on jewellery at the time of her marriage, and afterwards maintained chiefly by her own resources, there were many other institutions in which she took a close interest. She gave the chateau of Longchene to the city of Lyons to serve as a convalescent home, she extended patronage and considerable pecuniary help to such institutions as the Loan to Labour Society (which provided artisans with tools and raw materials), the Seamen's Orphanage, the Lifeboat Society, the Funds for assisting both old seamen and the families of soldiers killed in warfare (Crimea, Italy, etc.) ; and in addition to the particular solicitude which she evinced in the Children's Hospital in the Faubourg St.
What to read after The Court of the Tuileries, 1852-1870, Its Organization, Chief Personages, Splendour, Frivolity, And Downfall?
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