Excerpt from Little Idyls of the Big World As the faithful mounted the steps in the light of the sun, and entered within, they seemed to disappear into a dark, insatiable maw, from which there could be no return. Behind the leather curtains of St. Peter's there is a Climate which knows neither winter nor summer. Its atmosphere is as unvarying as that of some island on a southern sea, soothing, full of genial caress. Its day is toned to twilight, and its night holy with unquenched candles. About the Publisher Forgotten ...
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Excerpt from Little Idyls of the Big World As the faithful mounted the steps in the light of the sun, and entered within, they seemed to disappear into a dark, insatiable maw, from which there could be no return. Behind the leather curtains of St. Peter's there is a Climate which knows neither winter nor summer. Its atmosphere is as unvarying as that of some island on a southern sea, soothing, full of genial caress. Its day is toned to twilight, and its night holy with unquenched candles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This 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.
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