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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 888

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the residence of the sovereigns ofTuscany and Italy, but was given up by VictorEmmanuel when he removed to Rome and madethat city the capital in 1870. The visitor to the Pitti Palace has his interestand attention divided between the beauty of itssurroundings, the splendor of the palace itself,… … ing beautiful things. One day he heard Donatellodescribe an ancient marble vase which he hadseen in Cortona. .^s Filippo listened he was pos-sessed with the desire to see it, and quietly walkedaway, saying nothing of his intentions. He wenton foot to Cortona, a distance of seventy-two miles,saw the…

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