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Venice and Venetia (1911)

Hutton, Edward, 1875- [from old catalog] · New York, The Macmillan company · leaf 64

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she does, so brittle a thing, on the brink of theAdriatic, spoiled by the modern world, and perhaps, ghost asshe is, even to-morrow to pass away from our world, she seemsto remind us as a symbol may do—a symbol or a grave—ofthat old dream we once had in which East and West wereone, that old and… … S. MARIA UELLA SALUTE, VEMCi: VENETIA AND VENICE 39 a vast precious stone sinking into the mud and ooze of herlagoons, Venice is to-day vanishing from our earth in the seadistance and her lapsing tides. Glorified by our dreams andher smouldering, tragic sunsets, she is gradually disappearingbehind…

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