Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 367
ther rivalries, they decked out their gondolas in a very gorgeous fashion. In order to check this absurd dis-play, there was a law passed in the fifteenth century decreeingthat every gondola, no matter whether it belonged to a richman or a poor one, should be entirely black. And since thattime… … DESDEMONA S HOUSE. IN FLORENCE AND VENICE. 353 are very cheap; the fare for two persons is twentycents for the first hour, and ten cents for each suc-ceeding hour. If we give the gondolier a littleextra change at the end of a long row, he will bevery grateful. One of our first excursions will be a…
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