Pictures from Italy [Paperback]

Charles Dickens (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1604503297 | ISBN-13: 978-1604503296 | Publication Date: October 13, 2008

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: AVIGNON TO GENOA. Goblin, having shown hs oitWlfttti, felt that hor gront coup was struck. She lot tho door fall with a im.ii, and ; in,i,| upon it with hor amis akimbo, sniffing prodigiously. When wo loft tho place, I accompanied hor into her house, under tho outer gateway of tho fortress, to buy n little history of tho building. Hor cabaret, a dark low room, lighted by small windows, sunk in the thick wall, — in tho softened light, and with its forgo-like chimney ; its little counter by tho door, with bottles, jars, and glasses on it; its household implements and scraps of dress against tho wall; and a sober-looking woman (she must hnvo a congenial life of it, with Goblin) knitting at the door,— looked exactly liko n picture by Ostadk. I walked round the building on tho outside, in a sort of'dream, and yot with tho delightful sense of having awakened from it, of which tho light, down in the vaults, had given me tho assurance. The immense thickness and giddy height of the walls, the enormous strength of tho massive towers, tho groat extent of tho building, its gigantic proportions, frowning aspect, and barbarous irregularity, awaken awe and wonder. The recollection of its opposite old uses: an impregnable fortress, a luxurious palace, a horrible prison, a place of torture, the court of tho Inquisition: at one and tho same time, a house of feasting, fighting, religion, and blood : gives toevery stone in its huge form a fearful interest, and imparts new meaning to its incongruities. I could think of little, however, then, or long afterwards, but the sun in the dungeons. The palace coming down to be the loung- ing-place of noisy soldiers, and being forced to echo their rough talk, and common oaths, and to have their garments fluttering from its dirty windows, was some reduc...

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Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Arc Manor (October 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1604503297
• ISBN-13: 978-1604503296
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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