In the French nomenclature, the names applied the different classes of thoroughfares, &c., run as follows: 1st., avenues; 2nd., boulevards; 3rd., rues; 4th., allees or ruelles, and 5th.

From his birth he was muscular and sturdy; and, confined to the ruelle of his mother, he made much such a figure as the whelp-lion that a barbarian might have given for a lap-dog to his mistress.

Within this enclosure, or ruelle, stood a small round table, covered over with a white napkin, upon which lay a silver platter and an enamelled cup, the one containing a little Frontiniac wine and water, the other bearing three slices of the breast of a chicken, in case the king should hunger during the night.

Here the grand objects are not to besiege Ministers, nor give a "ton" to the protege at a fashionable ruelle, but to obtain for him the solid advantages of what she calls "un bon parti."

Here the grand objects are not to besiege Ministers, nor give a "ton" to the protege at a fashionable ruelle, but to obtain for him the solid advantages of what she calls "un bon parti."

This was the grave of the Empress Josephine, in the church at Ruelle.

From Ruelle and its consecrated grave they wandered on to Malmaison.

[Footnote 2: The custom was copied from the French Précieuses, at a time when courir les ruelles (to take the run of the bedsides) was a Parisian phrase for fashionable morning calls upon the ladies.

The ruelle is the little path between the bedside and the wall.]

To tell thee truly, I saw such a Tribe of Fashionable young fluttering Coxcombs shot up, that I did not think my Post of an homme de ruelle any longer tenable.

Ces deux files, qui vont depuis le morne seuil Jusqu'au fond où l'on voit la table et le fauteuil, Laissent entre leurs fronts une ruelle étroite; Les marquis sont à gauche et les ducs sont à droite; Jusqu'au jour où le toit que Spignus crénela, Chargé d'ans, croulera sur leur tête, ils sont là, Inégaux face à face, et pareils côte

D'où vient qu'en la ruelle Elle court, sans oser regarder derrière elle? Qu'est-ce donc qu'elle cache avec un air troublé Dans l'ombre, sur son lit?