First Impressions On a Tour Upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818 Through Pa
First Impressions On a Tour Upon the Continent in the Summer of 1818 Through Pa
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The approach to Turin was highly beau- tiful, through a long avenue of the finest trees ; the town itself embosomed among gently rising hills, and adorned by the river Po, glassy and smooth as a mirror, and so transparent, that the banks and sky were reflected upon its breast, unbroken by a single wave or ripple. The buildings are very high, many of them extremely hand- some, with white or coloured striped awnings 142 TURIN.
to every window, as a shelter from the noon- day sun. Our hotel (Alber...go del Universo) stood in the middle of La Place du Chateau^ immediately fronting the royal palace. The streets are clean, which indeed they ought to be, since through almost all of them a stream of the purest crystal water is per- petually flowing, contributing not a little, I should think, to the health and comfort of the inhabitants. We found apartments allotted to us in the Albergo of great height and size, with cove ceilings, and en suite; furnished with a curious mixture of poverty and magnificence, and ornamented by some exquisite and well chosen prints, from the designs of Poussin and other old masters ; rather in better style, it must be allowed, than those of most English inns, where you find " Going out to hunt, " " In at the death, " " Matrimony and courtship, " and such things, hanging over every chimney piece.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The approach to Turin was highly beau- tiful, through a long avenue of the finest trees ; the town itself embosomed among gently rising hills, and adorned by the river Po, glassy and smooth as a mirror, and so transparent, that the banks and sky were reflected upon its breast, unbroken by a single wave or ripple. The buildings are very high, many of them extremely hand- some, with white or coloured striped awnings 142 TURIN.
to every window, as a shelter from the noon- day sun. Our hotel (Alber...go del Universo) stood in the middle of La Place du Chateau^ immediately fronting the royal palace. The streets are clean, which indeed they ought to be, since through almost all of them a stream of the purest crystal water is per- petually flowing, contributing not a little, I should think, to the health and comfort of the inhabitants. We found apartments allotted to us in the Albergo of great height and size, with cove ceilings, and en suite; furnished with a curious mixture of poverty and magnificence, and ornamented by some exquisite and well chosen prints, from the designs of Poussin and other old masters ; rather in better style, it must be allowed, than those of most English inns, where you find " Going out to hunt, " " In at the death, " " Matrimony and courtship, " and such things, hanging over every chimney piece.
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