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pieces which the divine Rafaelle exc- 
cuted ; the St. Jerome, by Guido; the 
illustrations of the Christian faith by Ti- 
tian, Rubens, Dominichino, Morillo, Le- 
onardo da Vinci, N. Poussin, Le Brun, 
the Caracci, &c. are here associated in 
one vast display of all perhaps that is 
attainable by human genius. The eyes 
of the curious are at first pleasingly fa- 
tigued with this sudden burst of imita- 
tive radiance. The objects of fascina- 
tion are too numerous for any to be en- 
joyed rationally, until the perturbation of 
astonishment has ceased, and the senses 
begin their appeal to the judgment, upon 
the respective excellence of each produc- 
tion of the pencil of art. 
The Musée des Monumens Francois, or 
Collection of French Monuments, is in the 
Rue Petits Augustins, and deposited in 
the house of that religiousorder. These 
venerable remains were chiefly brought 
from the royal abbey of St. Denis, which 
was pillaged during the revolution. They 
are now arranged inorder, and form a re- 
presentation of the state of sculpture in 
se sepulchres were made. 
is impossible to survey these frail me- 
s of human grandeur, without feel- 
hsations of a very melancholy ten- 
'; bere some royal dust of the 
‘of the Capets reposes in a state of 
ation from its relative atoms, and 
from that spot, where it was 
nally deposited and hallowed under 
he blessing of the church. The mo- 
narc , the statesman, the warrior, and 
: poet, are commingied in asortof uni- 
son with time, but not with each other, 
' Here the meditative wanderer sighs 
amidst mutilated busts, dishonoured 
Statues, and columns of alabaster, jasper, 
and porphyry ; with correspondent vases, 
in which perhaps the hearts of innocence 
and beauty were inclosed. On the 
tomb of the first Francis, trace the 
features of -that generous prince, whose 
example polished society, and whose li- 
berality fostered learning, wisdom, and 
genius, You see the splendid tomb of 
Cardinal Richelieu, who appears to do- 
mineer even in his dust—of the houses of 
Valois, Montmorenci, and Rochefoucault, 
cum multis aliis, who appear to remind us 
of what they have been, and as so many 
silent monitors to vanity-—-Turenue, Des- 
eartes, Colbert, Montansier, Voltaire, 
Helvetius, and Mirabeau, with Piron, the 
Aristophanes of France, whose satirical 
spirit exists in his epitaph: 
we 
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A View of Modern Parts, 
_ France, during the several ages in which’ 
99 
C’y git Piron, qui fut rien, 
Pas méme Académicien ! 
Here lies Piron, who was nothing, 
Not even an Academician ! 
This depository is open to the public 
every Thursday and Sunday. 
The finest garden of Athens was called 
Keramikos, or the Tilery, taking its 
name from a tile-manufactory which oc- 
cupied the place on which they had 
formed it: and they have named the 
magnificent palace of the Tuileries at 
Paris from a similar situation. 
On the assumption of authority by Na- 
poleon, he made the Tuileries the seat 
of government, and by his orders it has 
since been considerably improved: the 
Interior is sumptuously decorated: he 
has re-established the chapel, and a the- 
atre is now erecting within its walls. 
The new works and arrangements are dis- 
tinguished by taste and magnificence: the 
hall of audience for the ambassadors, of the 
privy council, &c. are decorated with ap- 
propriate embellishments. During the 
visit which Pius the Seventh made to Pa- 
ris, to consecrate Napoleon, his holiness 
inhabited that part of the palace which 
is called the Pavilion of Flora. It may 
not be unworthy of remark, that Buon- 
aparte did not suffer the Pope to 
crown him, at this ceremony; although 
such an action would have been deemed 
the very summit of honour by all prece- 
dent Catholic Sovereigns: when the Pope 
had given his benediction to the imperial 
diadem, and approached with it, in so- 
lemn dignity, up the steps of the temipo- 
rary throne, in the cathedral of Ndtre- 
Dame, this extraordinary character rose, 
and, taking the crown briskly from the 
Holy Father, placed it confidently on his 
own head. 
The gardens of the Tuileries were 
planned by the celebrated Lenostre, and 
evidently partake of the false taste of the 
age in which he lived: but they are pro- 
gressively improving every month under 
the ‘auspices of the present court. In 
the front of the palace they are raising a 
triumphal arch to commemorate the vie- 
tories of the emperor; on the top of which 
his statue is to be placed in acar, drawn 
by the four celebrated bronze horses 
which heretofore decorated St. Mark’s at 
Venice. ‘The Parade which runs be- 
tween this martial monument and the pa- 
lace, isenclosed with iron rails, and withe 
outis the Place Carrousel... 
It is ordered by Napoleon that all the 
interme- 
