. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ballad receivedin gift—thrice his fee. The driver mounted his seat, and served us so faithfullythat day in Padua that we took him the next day forArqua. At the end, when he had received his due, and ahandsome mancia besides, he was still unsatisfied, andreferred to the tariff in proof that he had been that confronted and defeated, he thanked us verycordially, gave us the number of his brougham, and beggedus to ask for him when we came next to Padua and neededa carriage. From the Cha
. Italian journeys / by Howells ; with one hundred and three illustrations by Joseph ballad receivedin gift—thrice his fee. The driver mounted his seat, and served us so faithfullythat day in Padua that we took him the next day forArqua. At the end, when he had received his due, and ahandsome mancia besides, he was still unsatisfied, andreferred to the tariff in proof that he had been that confronted and defeated, he thanked us verycordially, gave us the number of his brougham, and beggedus to ask for him when we came next to Padua and neededa carriage. From the Chapel of the Annunziata he drove us to theChurch of Santa Giustina, where is a very famous andnoble picture by Romanino. But as this writing hasnothing in the world to do with art, I here dismiss thatsubject, and with a gross and idle delight follow thesacristan down under the church to the prison of SantaGiustina. Of all the faculties of the mind there is none so littlefatiguing to exercise as mere wonder; and, for my ownsake, I try always to wonder at things without the least 182 ft I wz ,\u. An Arcaded Street, Padua Italian 3ourncvs critical reservation. I therefore, in the sense of deglu- At Paduatition, bolted this prison at once, though subsequentexperiences led me to look with grave indigestion uponthe whole idea of prisons, their authenticity, and eventheir existence. A-> far as mere dimensions are concerned, the prison ofSanta Giustina was not a hard one to swallow, being onlythree feet wide by about ten feet in length. In thislimited space, Santa Giustina passed five years of thereign of Nero, and was then brought out into the largercell adjoining, to suffer a blessed martyrdom. I am notsure now whether the sacristan said she was dashed todeath on the stones, or cut to pieces with knives ; butwhatever the form of martyrdom, an iron ring in theceiling was employed in it, as I know from seeing thering—a curiously well-preserved piece of the narro
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