The Blackgown Papers, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Blackgown Papers, Vol. 2The English pilgrim is thus saved the trouble of having a taste or a will Of his own. He knows every sight and show that is to be seen. Beyond, there is only chaos and wilderness, hard roads, hard beds, and harder fare, bandits, vampires, and Lestrigons. With an eye to his comforts, he never ventures beyond the confines of English Italy. The volleys of sugar-plums at Naples, the mummeries of Passion-week at Rome, are all he studies of Italian life. His types Of national cha racter are drawn from the courtier-prelates who procure him the honour Of kissing the pope's toe, or from the half-naked lazzaroni, among whom he fiings a handful of coppers to enjoy the fine fun of setting them by the ears, or to see them swallow a yard of maccaroni at one effort.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.