Gardner, Edmund Garratt, 1869-1935 · London : J.M. Dent & co. · leaf 392
at itwas barely carried. That which every one shouldhave desired, as a great and honourable acquisition forhis native land, says Matteo Villani, found so manyopposed to it in the secret balloting, that it was onlycarried by one black bean. I am ashamed to havewritten it, so infamous was it of my… … IN THE TOWN OF THE FAIR TOWERS Lombardi, Siena San Gimtgnano There was a great display of confidence and magnan-imity on either side. The Sangimignanesi sent a blanksheet of parchment with their seal to Florence, for theconditions of their submission. The Florentines crossedit and sent it back with…
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