Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : C. Schribner's Sons · leaf 64
he electricfans, it is pleasant to feel that the Victory and thepictures are close at hand, like old friends waiting onones inclination; but if one ventures forth, let it berather to the churches than to the galleries. Only atthis season can one appreciate the atmosphere of thechurches: that chill… … A MIDSUMMER WEEKS DREAM we entered the cathedral its vast aisles were empty,but far off, in the dimness of the pillared choir, weheard a drone of intoning canons that freshened theair like the sound of a water-fall in a forest. Thencewe wandered on to San Francesco, empty too, where,in the…
Art -- Italy · Italy -- Description and travel
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