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A stained glass tour in Italy (1913)

Sherrill, Charles Hitchock, 1867- · London, John Lane; New York, The John Lane Company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 189

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inthe city besides its marvellous group about theCathedral. But was there ever more variety shownby four structures :—the low Campo Santo, thesturdy, solemn dome of the Baptistery, the splen-didly adorned Cathedral, and lastly, the daringslant of the gallery-on-galleried Leaning Tower,seemingly… … j: * .2 oj Pisa learn that Shelley said, our roots never struck sodeeply as at Pisa. It is difficult to realize theformer maritime importance of this quiet littlecity now removed seven miles from the Medi-terranean by the gradual rising of the coast, insteadof lying as formerly only two miles from…

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