This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ...and creates along the surface of its canals, a sensation of dampness. Fatigued by the dreary and lonely vistas of canals, the traveller at length becomes impatient to enjoy a prospect more expanded, and to breathe an atmosphere more pure. He beholds the Adriatick, immediately around Venice, overspread with a multitude ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1818 Excerpt: ...and creates along the surface of its canals, a sensation of dampness. Fatigued by the dreary and lonely vistas of canals, the traveller at length becomes impatient to enjoy a prospect more expanded, and to breathe an atmosphere more pure. He beholds the Adriatick, immediately around Venice, overspread with a multitude of verdant isles adorned with villas and churches, and he is anxious to extend the circle of his rambles. His first excursion is generally to the island of Murano, famous for its manufactories of looking-glasses afficinis vitrariis celeberrima. But, however great an object of curiosity these might have been formerly, they at present can have no novelty for one, who has visited the extensive glass-houses of France and England. Besides the intense fires and sooty atmosphere of these places, and the dismal and blackened visages of the workmen, continually exposed to their influence, have rather a sad than exhilirating effect upon the mind. He quits the Murano, and visits in succession, the beautiful Isles which appear to float upon the expanse of water around him, whose smooth and polished surface reflects their gay banks, overhung with tall cypresses and poplars. Many of these are the seats of monastick solitude, where superstition still broods over her saints and relicks, and many of them were formerly the delicious scenes of aristocratick luxury. The motion of the gondola, like that of a cradle, diffuses a langour over the senses and disposes the mind to reverie. This disposition is naturally encouraged by the beauty of the climate, the magical appearance of Venice, and the enchanting scenery that surrounds it. Protected from the direct rays of the sun, and reposing upon cushions of morocco, the traveller beholds through the lateral windows of...
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