Aurora the Magnificent

Aurora the MagnificentNear sunset, one day in early October, not too long ago for some of us...
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Author: Brownell, Gertrude Hall,1863-1961
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Language: English
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Aurora the Magnificent

Aurora the Magnificent

€6,07

Aurora the Magnificent

€6,07
Author: Brownell, Gertrude Hall,1863-1961
Format: eBook
Language: English

Aurora the Magnificent

Near sunset, one day in early October, not too long ago for some of us to remember with distinctness, Mr. Foss, United States consul at Florence, Italy, took a cab, as on other days, to the Porta Romana. Here, where the out-of-town tariff comes into effect, he paid his man, and set out to walk the rest of the way, thus meeting the various needs he felt: that for economy,he was a family man with daughters to clothe,that for exercise,his wife told him he was growing fat,and the need in general for an opportunity to think. He had found that walking aided reflection, that walking in beautiful places started the spring of apt and generous ideas. Though in his modest way a scholar, he was not as yet an author, but Florence had inspired him with the desire to write a book. Just beyond the Roman Gate begins the long Viale dei Colli,Avenue of the Hills,which climbs and winds, broad, shady, quiet, between lines of gardens and villas, occupied largely by foreigners, to the Piazzale, whence Michelangelos boyish colossus gazes with a slight frown across Florence, outspread at his feet. Mr. Foss, as he mounted the easy grade, and noted with a liking unabated after years the pleasantness of each habitation glimpsed through iron railings 4and embowering green, thought how privileged a person should feel, after all, whose affairs involved residence in Italy. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 30642
Author: Brownell, Gertrude Hall
Release Date: Dec 10, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Leake, Gerald, 1885-

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