It was not then merely a handsome city; it was a homogeneous city, an architectural and historical product of the Middle Ages, a chronicle in stone.

• 当时巴黎不单是一座美丽的城市而已，而且还是清一色建筑风格的城市，是中世纪建筑艺术和中世纪历史的产物，是一部岩石的编年史。