A descriptive and historical account of various palaces and public buildings (English and foreign) : with biographical notices of their founders, and other eminent persons (1821)
Brewer, J. N. (James Norris), Gill, B. R · London : Printed by W. Lewis for W. Gilling · leaf 261
ood sense ofmaturity; and the dignified philosophy of declining life. The person whoforms a judgment of Lady Montagu from her prose writings, may safely assert,that she presents a character which the biographer is bound to hold forwardas an instance that wit and learning, in an exalted modification… … e ^ Historical Wmtiption OF MONTE CAVALLO, THE RESIDENCE OF THE POPE. Among those extensive buildings of recent date with which Rome abounds,Monte Cavallo, the residence of the Pope, maintains a respectable place,though palaces maybe readily found, in many divisions of the city, more esti-mable in…
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