The country of The ring and the book . 53.—PASSIGNANO, ON LAKE 54.—TUORO, FROM THE HIGH ROAD. The New Prisons be rightly described as noble, and with town houses ofalmost supercilious respectability. The strongly barredlower windows suggest costly possessions and carefullyguarded wealth. The fine stone balconies will havebeen radiant on many a gala day with brightly dressedwomen, while the great pillared doorways must have atone time echoed with the wheels of painted coachesand the footsteps of lackeys in brave liveries of scarletand gold (Plate 10). At the end of the street is the
The country of The ring and the book . 53.—PASSIGNANO, ON LAKE 54.—TUORO, FROM THE HIGH ROAD. The New Prisons be rightly described as noble, and with town houses ofalmost supercilious respectability. The strongly barredlower windows suggest costly possessions and carefullyguarded wealth. The fine stone balconies will havebeen radiant on many a gala day with brightly dressedwomen, while the great pillared doorways must have atone time echoed with the wheels of painted coachesand the footsteps of lackeys in brave liveries of scarletand gold (Plate 10). At the end of the street is the Palazzo Farnese(Plate 12), which Hare affirms is the most majestic andmagnificent of all the Palaces of Rome ; and near it, inthe Via Giulia, is the Falconieri Palace, which, if notactually magnificent, is certainly as beautiful, in its riverfront, as any like building in the city. The PalazzoSacchetti stands also in the street, while, palatial inits way, the old, weary-looking Collegio Ghislieriadds the dignity of learning and soberness to thisflamboyant highway. Ve
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