"Decime" Quotes from Famous Books
... Frimaire 7, year V (imposing one decime per franc above the cost of a ticket in every theatre for the benefit of the poor not in the asylums).—Also the decree of Dec. 9, 1809.—Decisions of Vendemiaire 27, year VII, and the restoration of the Paris octroi, "considering that the distress of the civil asylums and the interruption ... — The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 5 (of 6) - The Modern Regime, Volume 1 (of 2)(Napoleon I.) • Hippolyte A. Taine |