Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 8Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1874 - American literature |
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Page 35
... asking me what I have brought home for supper . He is a holy man , and lives on black bread and beans . ' " Who is your uncle ? " I inquired . " The Padre Girolamo at Lariceia . " He looked at our hats and whips , asked us a dozen ...
... asking me what I have brought home for supper . He is a holy man , and lives on black bread and beans . ' " Who is your uncle ? " I inquired . " The Padre Girolamo at Lariceia . " He looked at our hats and whips , asked us a dozen ...
Page 36
... asked kindly . " Which hand will you have ? " he said , still laughing . " The right . " " The left , " said Scrope , as he hesitated . He fumbled behind him a moment more , and then produced his treasure with a flour- ish . Scrope took ...
... asked kindly . " Which hand will you have ? " he said , still laughing . " The right . " " The left , " said Scrope , as he hesitated . He fumbled behind him a moment more , and then produced his treasure with a flour- ish . Scrope took ...
Page 37
... asked time to reflect and take advice , and he would have hurried back to his village and to his uncle , the shrewd old priest , Padre Giro- lamo . The wise - heads of the place would have held a conclave , and decided - I don't know ...
... asked time to reflect and take advice , and he would have hurried back to his village and to his uncle , the shrewd old priest , Padre Giro- lamo . The wise - heads of the place would have held a conclave , and decided - I don't know ...
Page 38
... asked no archæological advice about it . He quietly informed himself , as if from general curiosity , as to the best methods of cleansing , polishing , and restoring an- tique gems , laid in a provision of delicate tools and acids ...
... asked no archæological advice about it . He quietly informed himself , as if from general curiosity , as to the best methods of cleansing , polishing , and restoring an- tique gems , laid in a provision of delicate tools and acids ...
Page 41
... asked if he remembered me . " Per Dio ! " he cried . " With good reason . " Even his voice seemed changed ; it was fuller and harsher . He bore us a grudge . I wondered how his eyes had been opened . He fixed them on me with a dumb ...
... asked if he remembered me . " Per Dio ! " he cried . " With good reason . " Even his voice seemed changed ; it was fuller and harsher . He bore us a grudge . I wondered how his eyes had been opened . He fixed them on me with a dumb ...
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