New Left Review I/48, March-April 1968
Walter Benjamin
Paris, Capital of the 19th Century
The waters are blue and the plants pink;
the evening is sweet to look upon;
one goes for a stroll. The great ladies are
out for a stroll; behind them walk lesser ladies.
Nguyen-Trong-Hiep: Paris capital of France (1897)
I Fourier or the Arcades
De ces palais les colonnes magiques
A l’amateur montrent de toutes parts
Dans les objets qu’étalent leurs portiques
Que l’industrie est rivale des arts.
Nouveaux tableaux de Paris (1828) [1]
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