Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, Blashfield, Evangeline Wilbour, d. 1918 · New York : Scribner's · leaf 150
thesonnet. All travellers have learned, sometimes to theircost, how often it is festa in Italy, and the holidayswere twice as numerous in the old times whenwhole weeks were devoted to merry-making. Afterthe privations and suffering of a campaign or asiege, the good things of life were enjoyed with… … SIENA delights more appreciated than by those who atany moment might be obliged to renounce themforever. The great Italian nobles kept open house, cortihandite, at Christmas, Pentecost, Easter, mid-sum-mer, harvest-time, and all through the month ofMay. To these festivals came not only…
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