La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 114
ceremonial. From the cofferedceiling hangs the metal baldachin, like a precious lanternschain without a lamp. The faces of the priests who were there were known tous, the elders anxious and earnest, the youngers recallingan Italian monsignore. One of them was reading by theuplifted grating and rose… … IN THE THIRD GATE OF THE TEMPLE OF lYEMITSU, LOOKING TOWARD THE FOURTH^ building beyond. Gratings which were carved and gildedtrellises of exquisite design gave a cool, uncertain lightWe passed out of a trellised door on to the black lac-quered floor of a veranda, and then sat awhile in a…
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