Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792) [ Practices ]
… French, that they are fonder of theatrical amusements than the English? Or does it arise from that love of gaiety and pleasure, which is so much more prevalent in the French than the English character? A London tradesman, when the business … ; as a taste for those amusements being 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 …
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