excerpt from 'Italy Volume 1' pp. 35 (71 words)
excerpt from 'Italy Volume 1' pp. 35 (71 words)
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We visited the cathedral of SAN GIOVANNI during the celebration of the service. The canons, in their scarlet robes, were installed on either side of the altar. The most delicious opera-music was performing on instruments which it would be deemed a sacrilege to tune within a protestant temple; and the congregation, scattered over the vast and venerable edifice, consisted of a few miserable-looking old people, and some straggling strangers like ourselves.
We visited the cathedral of SAN GIOVANNI during the celebration of the service. The canons, in their scarlet robes, were installed on either side of the altar. The most delicious opera-music was performing on instruments which it would be deemed a sacrilege to tune within a protestant temple; and the congregation, scattered over the vast and venerable edifice, consisted of a few miserable-looking old people, and some straggling strangers like ourselves. |
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