Synopses & Reviews
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: And?with best smile of all reserved for him? Pardon that sire and husband from the heart. A miracle, so tell your Molinists There she lies in the long white lazar-house. 35 Rome has besieged, these two days, never doubt, Saint Anna's where she waits her death, to hear Though but the chink o' the bell, turn o' the hinge When the reluctant wicket opes at last, Lets in, on now this and now that pretence, 40 Too many by half,?complain the men of art,? For a patient in such plight. The lawyers first Paid the due visit?justice must be done ; They took her witness, why the murder was. Then the priests followed properly,?a soul 45 To shrive ; 'twas Brother Celestine's own right, The same who noises thus her gifts abroad. But many more, who found they were old friends, Pushed in to have their stare and take their talk And go forth boasting of it and to boast. 50 Old Monna Baldi chatters like a jay, Swears?but that, prematurely trundled out Just as she felt the benefit begin, The miracle was snapped up by somebody,? Her palsied limb 'gan prick and promise life 55 At touch o' the bedclothes merely,?how much more Had she but brushed the body as she tried Cavalier Carlo?well, there 's some excuse For him?Maratta who paints Virgins so-- He too must fee the porter and slip by 60 With pencil cut and paper squared, and straight There was he figuring away at face : A lovelier face is not in Rome, cried he, Shaped like a peacock's egg, the pure as pearl, That hatches you anon a snow-white chick. 65 Then, oh that pair of eyes, that pendent hair, Black this and black the other Mighty fine? But nobody cared ask to paint the same, Nor grew a poet over hair and eyes Four little years ago when, ...
Synopsis
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.