Diderot

LE CLÉRICALISME C’EST L’ENNEMI

Gambetta

NI DIEU NI MAÎTRE

Blanqui

to the laboured sounds of a patient, plethoric orchestra, the Résolus couples, some commonplace, some grotesque, and some graceful, dance with honest zest; but with a restraint and modesty in striking contrast with the reckless abandon of such resorts as the Moulin Rouge, maintained mainly for the prudent depravity of touring English and American men and (alas!) women, who flock there to fan jaded or hitherto unawakened senses into flame, under the flimsy pretext or the fond illusion that they are studying French life.

A BALL AT THE MAISON DU PEUPLE

To the laboured sounds of a patient, plethoric orchestra, the couples dance with honest zest; but with a restraint and modesty