Excerpt from The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D, Vol. 6 of 10: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides
Tuesday, Oct. 10. We saw the école militaire, in which 150 young boys are educated for the army. They have arms of different sizes, according to the age - fiints of wood. The building is very large, but nothing fine except the council-room The French have large squares in the windows. They make good iron pali sades (1) Their meals are gross. (2)
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