Signor Monaldini´s Niece (Classic Reprint)
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from Signor Monaldini´s Niece The history of the Palace of the Naiad is very like that of the Prodigal Son. It was built by a Roman prince, and given to his favorite daughter on her marriage. It had its days of splendor, when coronets were carved, painted, embroidered, or mosaicked in and upon every part of it; when fine carriages rolled under its beautiful portone, and it was as familiar with the scarlet stockings of cardinals as with the red of morning and evening skies. More so, indeed: since gold is the rule, and red the exception, of Italian sunsets; the Roman skies, particularly, seldom condescending to any other colors than the blue of the Immaculata, and the gold of the Infallibile. In these fine days, when the young princess lived proudly in her house, - a house not inherited from mouldering generations, each leaving a stain on the walls and a ghost on the stair, but freshly made for her, as the world for Eve, - the neighbors had employment for their eyes in peeping through the blinds. There were stately and select breakfast-parties, chiefly ecclesiastical, gayer dinners, and gayest evening receptions, when the long windows stood a row of brilliant lights, and, through curtains generously left half-drawn, such jewels and toilets, such arms and shoulders could be seen, as gave the on-lookers something to talk about. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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