Walks in Rome, Volume 1W. Isbister, 1874 - Rome (Italy) |
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... says Mrs. Craven in her ' Anne Severin , ' " and rush like a whirlwind into a station , which has nothing in its first aspect to distinguish it from that of one of the most obscure places in the world , INTRODUCTORY . 13.
... says Mrs. Craven in her ' Anne Severin , ' " and rush like a whirlwind into a station , which has nothing in its first aspect to distinguish it from that of one of the most obscure places in the world , INTRODUCTORY . 13.
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... says Cardinal Wiseman , " was the usual indication to early travellers , by voice and outstretched whip , embodied in the well - known exclamation of every vetturino , Ecco Roma . ' To one ' lasso maris et viarum , ' like Horace , these ...
... says Cardinal Wiseman , " was the usual indication to early travellers , by voice and outstretched whip , embodied in the well - known exclamation of every vetturino , Ecco Roma . ' To one ' lasso maris et viarum , ' like Horace , these ...
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... says : - It was with solemn feelings that this morning from the barren heights of the moory Campagna , I first caught sight of the cupola of St. Peter's , and then of the city from the bridge , where all the majesty of her buildings and ...
... says : - It was with solemn feelings that this morning from the barren heights of the moory Campagna , I first caught sight of the cupola of St. Peter's , and then of the city from the bridge , where all the majesty of her buildings and ...
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... says Ampère , in his ' Portraits de Rome à Divers Ages , ' " the future reformer was a young monk , obscure and fervent ; he had no presentiment , when he set foot in the great Babylon , that ten years later he would burn the bull of ...
... says Ampère , in his ' Portraits de Rome à Divers Ages , ' " the future reformer was a young monk , obscure and fervent ; he had no presentiment , when he set foot in the great Babylon , that ten years later he would burn the bull of ...
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... say the Romans , " ever walk in the sun . " The malaria , which is so much dreaded by the natives , lies dormant during the winter months , and seldom affects strangers , unless they are inordinately imprudent in sitting . out in the ...
... say the Romans , " ever walk in the sun . " The malaria , which is so much dreaded by the natives , lies dormant during the winter months , and seldom affects strangers , unless they are inordinately imprudent in sitting . out in the ...
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