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Italian cities (1903)

Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, Blashfield, Evangeline Wilbour, d. 1918 · New York : Scribner's · leaf 304

An illustration from Italian cities, 1903, leaf 304
d; thehouses, tall and short, crowded with windows, andbelow, about three sides of the piazza, a noisy,smoking, unfragrant medley of shops ; a constantpush and shouting; a crossing of handcarts; a fizz-^ ing of spiders as the fat drips from polenta browningnicely and eaten hot, a crackling of… … IN FLORENCE WITH ROMOLA pretty Tessas kiss and cup of milk as dessert andgone for his meal to one of those tempting al frescocook-shops, with its large, clear fire, its rows ofneatly dressed fowls and joints turning on theirspits, the hot cakes of chestnut-flour and crisp slicesof polenta fizzling…

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