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Art and nature under an Italian sky (1852)

Dunbar, Margaret Juliana Maria · Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co. ; London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. · leaf 136

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whence isone of the best views of Naples. The hum from the busy townfar below falls with a softened murmur on the ear, whichsoothes rather than disturbs the musing of the mind. Incoining down we peeped, through a side aperture near thesteps, into the dark gloomy Grotto. The long and… … .<S^° aving, through the kindness of Mr. Temple,the British representative at the NeapolitanCourt, obtained permission to wander aboutthe streets of Pompeii without the irksomeattendance of the custode, and so made our-selves pretty well acquainted with its principaldetails, we next wished to…

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