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with disgust, became a favourite and fash- ionable liqueur, simply from the circum- stance that it was presented by a Turks of wit, and gallantry The rage for coffee having been thus spread an Armenian of the name of Pascal took advantage of it, and in 1972, opened a coffee-house in Paris; but in consequence of the very inferior manner in which it was fited up, and the low company admited, his scheme did not succeed. Procopius, a Florintine, pre- ceiving the error, fited up a fine appart- ment, and having already acquired a re- putation among the epicures by the intro- duction of ices into Paris, his coffee-house met with great encouragement. In 1676, their number in this city was so great, that it was deemed necessary to form the coffee house keepers into a company, with with peculiar ordinances for their regul- ation. One very beneficial consequence resulted from the general and fashionable use of coffee in Paris; in the seventeenth century, habits of intoxication prevailed, even among the higher classes, who were not ashamed to frequent the cabarets in parties for the purpose of this degrading debauch. Louis XIV. in vain had exerted his influence, directed his indignation, and appealed to the love and respect of his