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iroad o : _T Chamb eloth ery carpets , or _tlie- and three cotton ? piled velvet fabrics of in Genoa the _manufacture . Woollen stuffs of all *
-, , , wonderful which , through advance _, the is removal of late discernible of the duties . Paper .. on the , hemp raw , and material cordage , a _, har
ness clothing flax and ; wigs linen magnificent , g , loves saddlery , hair church , valises brushes vestments , _travelling , paint brushes wqrked bags ; , in carriages etc gold . Head and and y silver made
or colored ; silks ; embroidery and lace from , Genoa ; artificial flowers . And almost lastl wholl y , all dep those endent articles of France luxury : . in ornamental which Piedmont furniture used , worked to be
lip to the hig y hest finish , upon inlaid , carved or gilded ; mirrors and musical instruments . . nature of
With an evident eye to harmony in arrangement , the costliest p the laced articles , so specimens that disp the layed , state and was apartments from adapted their to were the loftiness room the , s reci g additional in ilded p which ients and of they effect painted all were the to
the ceilings glittering , and richl objects y scul crowded ptured within door-ways them , gave . It was long since the halls of the Valentino had worn so gay an aspect , or been trodden
was throng by so rather many , chiefl too feet y utilitarian of . the In every middle to quarter be and quit lower e you to the classes encountered taste , for of the _, the a p whole leased high world thing quiet
of Turin , which gave one ample facilities for the study of national physiognomy The women . of Piedmont are not in general well favored ; they
are undersized and angular in figure , with a weather-beaten comlexionand flat noses . This struck me doubly , coming from Genoa ,
where p female , grace and attractiveness are proverbial ; the transparen laced t white by veil tawdril or pezzotto trimmed worn b with y the colored Genoese ribbons is here or also artificial poorly
repcaps y flowers cept the . women A good of many the environs peasants of were Vercelli amongst hats , who not had the white a crowd curious , but head and ex - -
tied flowing gear under of like silver the the p chin ins Tuscans , with the rest , some but wore dark ill- straw assorted in hue ribbon , and . heavy It was , in large texture easy , to ,
see you were in a country which had never produced any great painters To the . men nature has been . more bountiful . Though _fcne features
montese manl are comparatively y bearing can be , mi told g speaking ht at be . once encountered * rare b , tall his wel at l- every set brave figures turning , but a . frank not A Pied over and - - open ,
intellectual face , in which . you look y in vain for , the chiselled contour , Ita the l thoug It htful was interesting brow , and quick at the restless Valentino eyes to of compare central and the southern different
Italian y . races , for every country in the peninsula was there represented . shown The political towards freedom those who enjoye lave d in soug Piedmont _'ht in it , the a refuge exceeding from liberality the
persecution of their own governments , have made it the resort of scores
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1859, page 122, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101859/page/50/
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