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  • I met him late one afternoon in what was once the downstairs bar of the Hôtel du Pont Royal where I was in the habit of making dates I wanted to remain outside the Grasset publishing house panoptic, held 24 hours a day or nearly that at the Twickenham, a bar that no longer exists, once at the corner of the rue des Saints-Pères and the rue de Grenelle.

    Bernard-Henri Lévy: Is Jean-Luc Godard Antisemitic? First Episode: Hail Mary (1984) Bernard-Henri Lévy 2010

  • One night while crossing the Seine on the Pont Royal, he sees a woman committing suicide, but does nothing to stop her as it would involve risking his own safety, and there would also be no one there to see his act of heroism.

    Empty Your Heart Of Its Mortal Dream 2010

  • In 1594, he had ordered them to build a huge addition to the Louvre, a great gallery that ran along the river from the Pont des Arts to the Pont Royal.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • In 1594, he had ordered them to build a huge addition to the Louvre, a great gallery that ran along the river from the Pont des Arts to the Pont Royal.

    Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008

  • A thing which smoked and clattered on the Seine with the noise of a swimming dog went and came beneath the windows of the Tuileries, from the Pont Royal to the Pont

    Les Miserables 2008

  • He bent his way toward the Pont Royal, musing over the last fancies of others who had gone before him.

    The Magic Skin 2007

  • “Does Guy like girls?” asked Judy as they walked over the Pont Royal.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • “Does Guy like girls?” asked Judy as they walked over the Pont Royal.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • “Does Guy like girls?” asked Judy as they walked over the Pont Royal.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

  • “Does Guy like girls?” asked Judy as they walked over the Pont Royal.

    Lace Shirley Conran 1982

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