Charles C.F. Greville in Pozzuoli - 23 April, 1830, in the morning
from Journal entry, 24 April 1830, page 342:
The Cave of the Sybil, Lake Avernus, and Temple of Apollo are not worth seeing, but as they are celebrated by Virgil they must be visited […] We found two ridiculous parties there, one English, the other French, the latter the most numerous and chattering, and mounted on asses, so as to make a long cavalcade. There was a fat old gentleman just coming puffing out of the cave, and calling with delight to his ladies, ‘Ah, mesdames, êtes-vous noires?’ as they certainly were, for all one gets in the cave is a blackened face from the … more >>
Charles C.F. Greville, Journal entry, 24 April 1830. In Henry Reeve (ed.), The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, volume 1 (London, 1874), p. 342. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1529674174359 accessed: 10 November, 2024
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Date/Time | 23 April, 1830, in the morning |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
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The journal entry recounts the events of the preceding day.