The innocents abroad; . THE ROMAN GUIDE. 289. BRONZE STATUE. He shows us a figure and says : Statoo brunzo. (Brouzestatue.) We look at it indifferently and tlie doctor asks: By Mi-chael Augelo ? N^o—not knowwho. Then he shows usthe ancient RomanForum. The doc-tor asks: MichaelAngelo ? A stare from theguide. No—thou-san year before heis born. Then an Egyp-tian obelisk. A-gain : MichaelAngelo V Oh, mon dieu,^enteelmen! Zis is two thousan year before he is born! He grows so tired of that unceasing question sometimes,that he dreads to show us any thing at all. The wretch hastried all the ways he c
The innocents abroad; . THE ROMAN GUIDE. 289. BRONZE STATUE. He shows us a figure and says : Statoo brunzo. (Brouzestatue.) We look at it indifferently and tlie doctor asks: By Mi-chael Augelo ? N^o—not knowwho. Then he shows usthe ancient RomanForum. The doc-tor asks: MichaelAngelo ? A stare from theguide. No—thou-san year before heis born. Then an Egyp-tian obelisk. A-gain : MichaelAngelo V Oh, mon dieu,^enteelmen! Zis is two thousan year before he is born! He grows so tired of that unceasing question sometimes,that he dreads to show us any thing at all. The wretch hastried all the ways he can think of to make us comprehendthat Michael Angelo is only responsible for the creation of aj)art of the world, but somehow he has not succeeded for overtasked eyes and brain from study and sight-seeing is necessary, or we shall become idiotic sure this guide must continue to suffer. If he does notenjoy it, so much the worse for him. We do. In this place I may as well jot down a chapter concerningthose neces
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