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The stones of Venice (1851)

Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · London, Smith, Elder, and co. · leaf 294

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oge, Marino Faliero. • Two threads of white marble, each about an inch wide, inhiid in tiie darki-ey pavement, indicate the road to the Rialto from the farthest extremity of thenorth quarter of Venice. The peasant or traveller, lost in the intricacy of thepathway in this portion of the city, cannot… … Wmdovs of tlie Second Order ,Casa Fairer . JC.Armytagc. VII. GOTHIC TALACES. 255 The balcony is, of course, modern, and the series of windowshas been of greater extent, once terminated by a pilaster on theleft hand, as well as on the right; but the terminal arches havebeen walled up. What remains,…

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