The Story of Italy
The Story of Italy
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Close all taverns at six o'clock.. Shut all shops, even apothecaries', on holy days. If, indeed, your tooth ache, why have it out, even on a festival — there can be no harm in that — ^but dmH stand about, buying boxes and toys!" And they minded him — they loved him they came from afar to hear this good, earnest man, till not a " coign of vantage " was left in the cathedral unfilled by eager listeners. Women dressed plainly, nursed their children, abstained from gadding, and were dutiful to thei...r husbands. Men were tem- perate, sober, and peaceable; mindmg their own THE 8T0BT OF ITALY. 201 business. Taverns were empty; churches were full.
Food was cheap aud abundant— everything at its fair price. Weddings were not mere festivities, but solemn and awful ceremonies. Men of the highest &mewere among his converts.
Not content with this, Savonarola organized a " sacred militia '^ of boys and youths, who went from house to house admonishing and enjoining in the name of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, that people should abstain from vanities.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Close all taverns at six o'clock.. Shut all shops, even apothecaries', on holy days. If, indeed, your tooth ache, why have it out, even on a festival — there can be no harm in that — ^but dmH stand about, buying boxes and toys!" And they minded him — they loved him they came from afar to hear this good, earnest man, till not a " coign of vantage " was left in the cathedral unfilled by eager listeners. Women dressed plainly, nursed their children, abstained from gadding, and were dutiful to thei...r husbands. Men were tem- perate, sober, and peaceable; mindmg their own THE 8T0BT OF ITALY. 201 business. Taverns were empty; churches were full.
Food was cheap aud abundant— everything at its fair price. Weddings were not mere festivities, but solemn and awful ceremonies. Men of the highest &mewere among his converts.
Not content with this, Savonarola organized a " sacred militia '^ of boys and youths, who went from house to house admonishing and enjoining in the name of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, that people should abstain from vanities.
What to read after The Story of Italy?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Anne Manning to read onlineMoreLess
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