Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . very thing that even luxury can defireor wiih for) do in a manner fubfift upon the bifcotti, as theycall there the roafted chefnuts, which the huckfters roaft in theftreets all about the town. All the principal ftreets of the city, and many of the lefferones have on each fide a handfome portico, after the manner ofthat in Covent-Garden. Some porticos are of one order ofpillars, fome of another; fome oddly fancied, of no regular or-der. The entrance into the palaces (of which there is a gr
Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . very thing that even luxury can defireor wiih for) do in a manner fubfift upon the bifcotti, as theycall there the roafted chefnuts, which the huckfters roaft in theftreets all about the town. All the principal ftreets of the city, and many of the lefferones have on each fide a handfome portico, after the manner ofthat in Covent-Garden. Some porticos are of one order ofpillars, fome of another; fome oddly fancied, of no regular or-der. The entrance into the palaces (of which there is a greatnumber in this city) is generally very pleafant: you fee at oncefrom the ftreetinto the gardens quite through the whole houfe,which is often built round a court: the difpofition of thepillars is handfome, with a mixture of ftatues fometimes, andgreens, to enliven the profpect; and often a perfpective paintingon a wall, at the further end, to continue it. The front on theoutfide is generally well built, and in fome muft be called fine;the proportion of the rooms within, very good : but brick floors,.
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