Romantic castles and palaces, as seen and described by famous writers; (1901)
Singleton, Esther, ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 170
n had candied its rose granite with a layer of ice re-sembling sugar; the moon, that rose pure and bright,poured its dead light upon all this nocturnal whiteness,turned the shadows to blue, and gave a fantastic appearanceto the motionless silhouettes of the equipages whosefrosted lanterns… … ■nn < A ^^^ to^^ \11- A BALL AT THE WINTER PALACE 125 Absolute silence reigned over the square ; the rigour ofthe temperature kept away the curious, who in Paris wouldnot have neglected flocking together for the spectacle ofsuch a fete^ although watched from a distance and from theoutside; and…
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