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-Eh! bien, cher docteur, entendez vous ce qui se dit là dedans ? ... - Hélas! on vous y arrange joliment! .... mais soyez tranquille je leur laverai joliment la tête à ces messieurs de la commission...... bien que ce ne soit pas mon habitude d'attaquer de la sorte !

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Abstract:
Napoléon III and two other men wait outside of the door to a commission's office, while one of them listens with his ear to the door. The sign on the door says "The public is not allowed to enter".

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"-Eh! bien, cher docteur, entendez vous ce qui se dit là dedans ? ... - Hélas! on vous y arrange joliment! .... mais soyez tranquille je leur laverai joliment la tête à ces messieurs de la commission...... bien que ce ne soit pas mon habitude d'attaquer de la sorte !" (1848). Paris: Capital of the 19th Century. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:86107/

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  • Paris: Capital of the 19th Century

    The project, "Paris, Capital of the 19th century," initiated by the French Studies and Comparative Literature Departments of Brown University, provides a window into the cultural, political and social context of 19th century Parisian culture.

    It offers online access to …

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