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Rome (1887)

Wey, Francis, 1812-1882 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 329

An illustration from Rome, 1887, leaf 329
tion, every-body trying to blow out the candle of his neighbour, and to keep hisown alight—not only in the street, but also in all the houses. If a man is too tall, or if he has got his moccoletto at the end of a longpole, they mount on his shoulders, or hang on to his arms, they pursuehim with… … street you will see through the open windows of palaces, the lights The German Festival. 311 moving rapidly on the ceilings, and madmen jumping about in continu-ation indoors of the exhilarating drama of the Corso; universal move-ment, and of a contagious fascination! I have seen princes,…

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