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Palacesgcand manyother edifices: Grwhille the: purchaserseof) the residue of the sround erected a complete new town on the site But the Vienna of old thoush less splendid and vast than the Vienna of to-day had features of» Stmeudar attraction the nm disappearance of which must be a cause of regret to the admirer of the picturesque and the lover of ancient customs and tradit- ions. Small and cramped within its ramparts,the inner town was a city of palaces where resided most of the sreat nobles , the } higher clergy and the men of wealth While in the suburbs: bey- ond the glacis dwelt the less well-to-do classe Tith the 4) n % exception of two or three squares and one street the Graben, the streets were so narrow that you might converse and almost shake hands with your opposite neighbour , and they were alive with a gay throng of pedestrians,and smart carriages and cabs all going a tremendous pace . [The army being considered the 4- 4 only profession that a gentleman could adopt without derogat ing from his honour , and no officer being allowed to wear civilian dress, even when off duty, theirs. uniforms, being: as; ornate. as d they were varied ,the crowd presented an appearance of extreme brilliancy ungary not having yet sec ed autonomy and there being it in Bohemia and Croatia, all the great nobles the different nationalities of which the Austrian Empire cons headquartérse al and resided 4am Vienna, ywnere fan w sy © ron ¢r F2) © E a » SUS ti