Gondola Days By F Hopkinson Smith
Gondola Days By F Hopkinson Smith
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She belonged to a noble family of Florence, whose ancestors fought with Philip, before the Campanile was finished. All over Italy she was known as the most beautiful woman of her day, and that, let me tell you, at a time when to be counted as beautiful in Venice was to be beautiful the world over. She was a woman, " — here the Professor rested his head on the marble seat and half closed his eyes, as if he were recalling the vision of loveliness from out his own past, — " well, one of those idea...l women, with fathomless eyes and rounded white arms and throat ; a Catherine Cornaro type, of superb carriage and presence. Titian would have lost his heart over the torrent of gold that 71 /;/ an fell in masses about her shapely head, and 2}^^, Canova might have exhausted all his skill upon the outlines of her form.
*' In the beginning of her womanhood, when yet barely sixteen, she had married, at her father's bidding, a decrepit Italian count nearly thrice her age, who, in profound con- sideration of her sacrifice, died in a becoming manner within a few years of their marriage, leaving her his titles and estates.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
She belonged to a noble family of Florence, whose ancestors fought with Philip, before the Campanile was finished. All over Italy she was known as the most beautiful woman of her day, and that, let me tell you, at a time when to be counted as beautiful in Venice was to be beautiful the world over. She was a woman, " — here the Professor rested his head on the marble seat and half closed his eyes, as if he were recalling the vision of loveliness from out his own past, — " well, one of those idea...l women, with fathomless eyes and rounded white arms and throat ; a Catherine Cornaro type, of superb carriage and presence. Titian would have lost his heart over the torrent of gold that 71 /;/ an fell in masses about her shapely head, and 2}^^, Canova might have exhausted all his skill upon the outlines of her form.
*' In the beginning of her womanhood, when yet barely sixteen, she had married, at her father's bidding, a decrepit Italian count nearly thrice her age, who, in profound con- sideration of her sacrifice, died in a becoming manner within a few years of their marriage, leaving her his titles and estates.
What to read after Gondola Days By F Hopkinson Smith?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by F Hopkinson Smith to read onlineMoreLess
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