THERE is nothing in Italy,more beautiful to me,than the coast- road between Genoa and Spezzia. 我看来,位于热那亚和斯培两职之间的那条滨海大道,意大利再没有什么可以与之相媲美的了。 On one side:sometimes far below,sometimes nearly on a level wi
Many others are being worked at this moment;others are to be begun to-morrow,next week,next month;others are unbought,unthought of;and marble enough for more ages than have passed since the place was
Some of the villages are inhabited,almost exclusively,by fishermen; 有些村庄,所有居住的村民几乎都是渔民。 and it is pleasant to see their great boats hauled up on the beach,making little patches of shade,where they lie
Hence,when we came to Spezzia,we found that the Magra,an unbridged river on the high-road to Pisa,was too high to be safely crossed in the Ferry Boat,and were fain to wait until the afternoon of next
The church is bright with trophies of the sea,and votive offerings,in commemoration of escape from storm and shipwreck. The dwellings not immediately abutting on the harbour are approached by blind lo
I might have known better; but,somehow,I had expected to see it,casting its long shadow on a public street where people came and went all day. It was a surprise to me to find it in a grave retired pla
If Pisa be the seventh wonder of the world in right of its Tower,it may claim to be,at least,the second or third in right of its beggars. They waylay the unhappy visitor at every turn,escort him to ev
The moon was shining when we approached Pisa,and for a long time we could see,behind the wall,the leaning Tower,all awry in the uncertain light; 到达比萨时已是深夜。在好长的一段时间里,我们都能看到围墙后面的斜塔,在朦胧的月光中更加倾斜。 the shad