And in that of St. Germain, fifty-five streets, into any of which you may walk; and that when you have seen them with all that belongs to them, fairly by day-light--their gates, their bridges, their squares, their statues - - - and have crusaded it moreover, through all their parish-churches, by no means omitting St. _Roche_ and _Sulpice_ - - - and to crown all, have taken a walk to the four palaces, which you may see, either with or without the statues and pictures, just as you chuse--
----Then you will have seen----
----but, 'tis what no one needeth to tell you, for you will read of it yourself upon the portico of the _Louvre_, in these words,
[7.3]EARTH NO SUCH FOLKS! --NO FOLKS E'ER SUCH A TOWN AS PARIS IS! --SING, DERRY, DERRY, DOWN.
The _French_ have a _gay_ way of treating everything that is Great; and that is all can be said upon it.
[Footnote 7.3: Non orbis gentem, non urbem gens habet ullam --------ulla parem.]
And in a further ten quarters, five hundred and thirteen streets, into any of which you may walk; and when you have seen them by day-light - their gates, bridges, squares, and statues - and have crusaded moreover, through all their parish-churches, - and to crown all, have taken a walk to the four palaces-
Then you will have seen-
- but no one needs tell you what, for you will read of it yourself upon the portico of the Louvre, in these words,
EARTH NO SUCH FOLKS!
NO FOLKS E'ER SUCH A TOWN AS PARIS IS!
SING, DERRY, DERRY, DOWN.
Non orbis gentem, non urbem gens habet ullam - - - ulla parem.
The French have a gay way of treating everything that is Great; and that is all that can be said.