Theatres and Cafés in revolutionary Paris (1792) [ Practices ]
… 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 enters into the imagination of a Frenchman. Not that the same gallantry, the same constant attention to women now prevails which existed before the revolution. Like Moliere's Doctor , "On a changé tout cela." The men, …
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