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...world: Louis XIV founded the Chalcographie du Louvre to preserve in etchings the military and festal splendors of his reign; the Regia Calcografia, founded in Rome by Pope Clement XII, contains 15,000 plates; at the Calcografia Nacional, in Madrid, you can buy a Goya* print for a peseta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Will | 5/24/1926 | See Source »

...ordered cold-turtle soup. The order was delayed. When the tureen at last appeared, Sebastian, tired of waiting, snatched it and "drained half its contents at a gulp." Then his eyes bulged, his face contorted. Nearly choking, he spat out a live turtle the size of a bright new peseta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Chicken | 11/16/1925 | See Source »

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