Colomba

Colomba

Colomba Early in the month of October, 181-, Colonel Sir Thomas Nevil, a distinguished Irish officer of...
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Author: Mérimée, Prosper,1803-1870
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Colomba

Colomba

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Colomba

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Author: Mérimée, Prosper,1803-1870
Format: eBook
Language: English

Colomba

Early in the month of October, 181-, Colonel Sir Thomas Nevil, a distinguished Irish officer of the English army, alighted with his daughter at the Hotel Beauveau, Marseilles, on their return from a tour in Italy. The perpetual and universal admiration of enthusiastic travellers has produced a sort of reaction, and many tourists, in their desire to appear singular, now take the nil admirari of Horace for their motto. To this dissatisfied class the colonels only daughter, Miss Lydia, belonged. The Transfiguration has seemed to her mediocre, and Vesuvius in eruption an effect not greatly superior to that produced by the Birmingham factory chimneys. Her great objection to Italy, on the whole, was its lack of local colour and character. My readers must discover the sense of these expressions as best they may. A few years ago I understood them very well myself, but at the present time I can make nothing of them. At first, Miss Lydia had flattered herself she had found things on the other side of the Alps which nobody had ever before seen, about which she could converse avec les honnetes gens, as M. Jourdain calls them. But soon, anticipated in every direction by her countrymen, she despaired of making any fresh discoveries, and went over to the party of the opposition. It is really very tiresome not to be able to talk abut the wonders of Italy without hearing somebody say Of course you know the Raphael in the Palazzo at ? It is the finest thing in Italy! and just the thing you happen to have overlooked! As it would take too long to see everything, the simplest course is to resort to deliberate and universal censure. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 2708
Author: Mérimée, Prosper
Release Date: Mar 28, 2006
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Translator: Loyd, Mary, Lady, 1853-1936

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