A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three eBook

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A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 453 pages of information about A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three.

[186] See page 439.

[187] The town is said to abound with Roman antiquities; among which is a
    triumphal arch of the time of Augustus, and an arcade called the
    Romulus.  It was at Rheims where the holy ampoule, or
    oil for consecrating the Kings of France was kept—­who were usually
    crowned here.  A Jacobin ruffian, of the name of Ruht, destroyed
    this ampoule during the revolution.  This act was succeeded by his own
    self-destruction.

[188] CHRISTMAS CAROL:  printed by Wynkyn De Worde, 1521, 4to. see
    Typog.  Antiquities, vol. ii. p. 251.

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