Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Charles Scrinber's Sons · leaf 136
lmost to meanness, and though their monotonoussuccession is broken here and there by a palace-frontembroidered with the Farnese lilies, it must beowned that, with rare exceptions, these f a9ades havefew palatial qualities but that of size. Perhaps notshort of Ravenna could be found another… … ■^^^0:-- ^-^--^ - X^-fAS V ^ ^^^Tt^ SUB UMBRA LILIORUM recalls across the Alps—there is a certain charm inthis external dulness. After being steeped in themediasvalism of Siena, Perugia or Pistoja, afterbreathing at Vicenza, Modena and Bergamo the veryair of Goldoni, Rosalba, and the commedia delU…
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