thing enjoyed by the sketcher in Venice above all other places, is the freedom from interruption in his work and the absence of necessity for restraining his temper, or of making explanations in unknown tongues, or of hearing advice and criticism from scores of loungers and ragged urchins who, from… … ISITcr,.1 the slender stone arches which spanned the canals. At the end of one of these canals, as you approach by boat, you may see, framed by one of these light arches, and its reflection in the still water, a bit of land¬ scape as peaceful in its sleep as is death itself. This bit of landscape…
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