Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, During the Late War. With Sketches And Anecdotes of Distinguished Commanders V.2
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A NAVAL OFFICER. 99 The interior of the building corresponds with its outward appearance. The chapel is of con- siderable size; but had, with the exception of a few good pictures, less of ornament than is gene- rally met with in places of Roman Catholic worship. The library is a finely proportioned room, and was clean, ventilated, and free from damp when we visited it ; and the shelves well furnished with books and manuscripts, which were kept clear of dust and cobwebs. Although all around is w...ild, naked, and sterile, the little valley in which San Martino lies em- bosomed teems with fertility and luxuriance. Corn, wine, and oil, and fruits of every kind that the happiest climate of Europe can supply, were there in abundance, as if an Eden had been scooped out in the mountains, and, like their brethren of Paraclete, the Benedictines had " opened another paradise in the wild." A few weeks before our arrival at Palermo, the Duke of Orleans, late King of the French, was married to the eldest daughter of the King of Naples, a marriage, by the way, which caused no little marvel at the time ; for it was thought pass- ing strange that His Majesty of Naples should bestow the hand of one of his daughters upon a man whose fortunes were not only ruinous and H 2 100 REMINISCENCES OF broken, but which seemed so completely hopeless and irretrievable.
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