Dunbar, Margaret Juliana Maria · Edinburgh : Thomas Constable and Co. ; London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. · leaf 263
ed from the inside of thegreat dome, immediately over the high altar, and coveredwith thousands of brilliant lamps. The gorgeous splendourof the effect thus produced on the gilding and bright colouredmosaics, the strange and fantastic accidents of light and shadeamong the far-retiring columns,… … hex the time drew near which had been fixedfor our departure, not even the thought thatour steps were now to be turned homewardsI could altogether prevent a feeling of regret. I do not think any one ever more intenselyenjoyed Rome than I did. The deep interest ofthe place itself was greatly…
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