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Excerpt from The War on All Fronts: Fighting France; From Dunkerque to Belfort
It was sunset when we reached the gates of Paris. Under the heights Of St. Cloud and Suresnes the reaches of the Seine trembled with the blue-pink lustre of an early Monet. The Bois lay about us in the stillness Of a holiday evening, and the lawns of Bagatelle were as fresh as June. Below the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees sloped downward in a sun-powdered haze to the mist Of fountains and the ethereal Obelisk; and the currents of summer life ebbed and ?owed with a normal beat under the trees Of the radiating avenues. The great city, so made for peace and art and all humanest graces, seemed to lie by her river-side like a princess guarded by the watchful giant of the Eiffel Tower.
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It was sunset when we reached the gates of Paris. Under the heights Of St. Cloud and Suresnes the reaches of the Seine trembled with the blue-pink lustre of an early Monet. The Bois lay about us in the stillness Of a holiday evening, and the lawns of Bagatelle were as fresh as June. Below the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees sloped downward in a sun-powdered haze to the mist Of fountains and the ethereal Obelisk; and the currents of summer life ebbed and ?owed with a normal beat under the trees Of the radiating avenues. The great city, so made for peace and art and all humanest graces, seemed to lie by her river-side like a princess guarded by the watchful giant of the Eiffel Tower.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Edith Wharton
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780260777256
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 273
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Contributors
Author
Edith Wharton
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781331314745
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 275
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