Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792) [ Practices ]
… universal at Paris, there are spectacles adapted to every purse, and pleasure may be had at a very cheap rate. There are coffee-houses on the Boulevards, where the people, while they drink their wine, le monde, or orgeat, are entertained with a play gratis. Women, as well as men, are admitted to these coffee-houses ; for the English idea of finding ease, comfort, or festivity, in societies where women are excluded, never … Not only the age of chivalry, but the age of petits maîtres is past. … "Women, as well as men, are admitted to these coffee-houses; for the English idea of finding ease, comfort, or festivity, in societies where women are excluded, never …
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