The country of The ring and the book . l y. w <O WH z w wu < co S s £ .2 ^ b 9 « co £ w o H sco B The Via Vittoria be a glimpse of an ornamental court, or of a tiny are fine iron fanlights over a few of the door-ways, and certain of the lower windows are barred withvery lusty metal work. There remains one charming feature about the ViaVittoria which must have been a delight to its inhabitantseven long ago. High above the east end of the streetthere rises, in the gap of sky between the housetops,the crown of the Pincian Hill, covered with trees, andlooking—at a distance—like

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The country of The ring and the book . l y. w <O WH z w wu < co S s £ .2 ^ b 9 « co £ w o H sco B The Via Vittoria be a glimpse of an ornamental court, or of a tiny are fine iron fanlights over a few of the door-ways, and certain of the lower windows are barred withvery lusty metal work. There remains one charming feature about the ViaVittoria which must have been a delight to its inhabitantseven long ago. High above the east end of the streetthere rises, in the gap of sky between the housetops,the crown of the Pincian Hill, covered with trees, andlooking—at a distance—like a great green bush. At thetime that the Comparini lived in Rome this height wasoccupied by a kitchen garden, owned by the monks ofSanta Maria del Popolo.* It is evident that the Via Vittoria has seen betterdays, and that it was, at one time, quite a fashionable,well-to-do street, holding its head high in the of the houses are so large as to be almost of the most notable of these has a marble tablet inthe wall

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