This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...Duchess de Montebello--The Pope's bull and the ass laden with relics. Whilst Spain was convulsed by revolutionary disorder, Paris was enlivened by a succession of brilliant entertainments. Of these, one of the most remarkable was a masquerade given by the Grand-Duchess of Berg. In the course of the evening a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ...Duchess de Montebello--The Pope's bull and the ass laden with relics. Whilst Spain was convulsed by revolutionary disorder, Paris was enlivened by a succession of brilliant entertainments. Of these, one of the most remarkable was a masquerade given by the Grand-Duchess of Berg. In the course of the evening a quadrille was danced; this was really the first one which deserved the name; for those introduced at the marriage of the Princess of Baden had none of the characteristics of a quadrille, except that of being danced by four couples, dressed in red, green, and blue. The costume which the Grand-Duchess of Berg selected was that of the Tyrolese peasantry, and her Highness had arranged that the quadrille should be exclusively danced by females. We made a party of sixteen Tyrolean peasant-girls, and we were headed by our bailli. This venerable personage Grand-duchess's Masquerade. 261 was represented by Mademoiselle Adelaide de Lagrange. The Grand-Duchess, for some reason or other, did not wish the quadrille-dancers to assemble at her residence in the Elysee-Napoleon. She requested that they might meet at my house, and proceed altogether to the Elyse"e. Her Highness gave orders to this effect to Despreaux, the director of the court ballets. About nine o'clock I had a rehearsal of the quadrille, in the grand gallery of my hotel. Several of my friends, who were not included in the Grand-Duchess's invitation, came to see the dance, and we were unexpectedly enlivened by an incident which I will here relate. It was half-past ten: the moment for our departure to the palace was approaching. I counted my masks. There were fourteen, the right number. There were the Countess du Chatel, the Countess Regnault de St. Jean d'Angely, the Princess of Wagram (who...
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