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. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph rare «& Fl; leaf 1^-. • Italian 3ourne50 placed chairs for us to rest our feet on. Winning and Veronaexuberant courtesy of the Italian race ! If I had neveracknowledged it before, I must do homage to it now,remembering the sweetness of the sacristans and custodiansof Verona, They were all men of the most sympatheticnatures. He at San Zenone seemed never to have metwith real friends till we expressed pleasure in the magni-ficent Mantegna, which is the pride of his church. Whatcolouring ! he cried
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph rare «& Fl; leaf 1^-. • Italian 3ourne50 placed chairs for us to rest our feet on. Winning and Veronaexuberant courtesy of the Italian race ! If I had neveracknowledged it before, I must do homage to it now,remembering the sweetness of the sacristans and custodiansof Verona, They were all men of the most sympatheticnatures. He at San Zenone seemed never to have metwith real friends till we expressed pleasure in the magni-ficent Mantegna, which is the pride of his church. Whatcolouring ! he cried, and then triumphantly took us intothe crypt: What a magnificent crypt ! What works theyexecuted in those days, there ! At San Giorgio Maggiore,where there are a Tintoretto and a Veronese, and four hor-rible swindling big pictures by Romanino, I discovered to mygreat dismay that I had in my pocket but five soldi, whichI offered with much abasement and many apologies to thesacristan ; but he received them as if they had been somany napoleons, prayed me not to speak of embarrassment,and declared that his labours in
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