Rome, and Its Surrounding Scenery: Accompanied by Literary Sketches (Classic Reprint)

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The following remarks and reflections, made during a winter's residence in Rome, are extracts from an unpublished journal kept during a recent tour through a large portion of the south of Europe. Many of the subjects which most usually attract the attention of the antiquary, the historian, or the poet, in a sojourn among the palaces and ruins of the Eternal City, have been, perhaps, too slightly touched upon; but Italy has sat for her portrait so frequently, and the grand outline is so well known, that I have sought novelty in minor traits, rather than repaint the leading features, which have been so often portrayed by master hands. If, therefore, my effort has developed any new, though trivial, grace, or kindled any new association, however slight, they must be.

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