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The Adventures Of Don Pasquale.
THE ADVENTURES OF DON PASQUALE .
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE "OLD , OLD STORY . ' . CHAPTER VII . " Vous trouvez une letfcre _ , lMoriture fine , Parlant b , tout votre etre une langue divine . "
Al / EXiNDRE DUJIAS , Flls . HE must be a very unobservant , or a very apathetic individual to whom Borne presents no interest , ancl offers no occupation . For , as I observed in the last chapter , there is an atmosphere of intellectual sympathy and historical souvenir peculiar to Borne , Avhich must have ever deep ancl abiding influences on the artistic , the educated , and the thoughtful . Hardly a street you traverse which has not a history , hardly a church you enter which has not a legend , hardly a spot you visit Avhich has not an undying association .
" Travelling made easy " has robbed , no doubt , many shrines of earthly pilgrimage of their sentiment and their greatness , their marvels and their glory ; and too many a voyager rushes to-day with . Bad oner , or Murray , or Hare , from point to pomt , from crumbling churches and decaying palaces , from this scene of beauty or that creation of grace , merely to say openly , or to convince others , " we have done Rome . " I have met , for instance , Avith travellers , over ancl over again , Avho certainly did not travel for travelling ' s sakeAVIIO had no intelligence and less perceptionto whom art Avas a
mys-, , tery , architecture a riddle , intellect a shadow—sad , dull dogs , hopeless and helpless pilgrims , idle ancl profitless companions ! They cared more for breakfast and dinner , and Boederer and cognac , the cigars they smoked and the jeAvellery they wore , than for a masterpiece of Vandyke , or Titian , or " chef-d ' oeuvre " of Cuyp , or a sublime conception of Murillo 1 What mattered to them that that church Avas a wondrous creation of skill and
beauty ? HOAV did it affect them , that old Hotel cle Ville Avas full of historical souvenirs , 01 national greatness 1 To them , that ruined castle AVUS only a ruined castle still ; that , to us , marvellous amphitheatre , " something built by those old chaps the Bomans or the Trojans . " What was a "fellah" to do in a toAvn which was full of gabled houses , ancl old shops , ancl where the tobacco Avas doubtful , and the beer Avas bad 1
Alas ! alas ! my masters , in this respect tbe schoolmaster may be abroad , but he has got a good deal to teach a good many people , Avhom you and I Avot of Avell , kind reader , before they are really educated ancl cultivated . Let me illustrate this Avith a little story . There is a famous hotel at Antwerp , called the St . Antoine , Avell knoAvn to all Avho have crossed in the Antwerp boat , or made that interesting toAvn their " sejour , '' for a longer or shorter space . A young man , ( quite different
, of course , from most of our young men , ) was asked what he [ had seen at Antwerp . " Well , " he said , to the astonishment of his catechist , " I saAV a very good-looking gal opposite my room , on the other side of the court-yard . " This , apparently , Avas his only recollection of Antwerp I Paesiello , hoAvever , Avas not open to such a reproach ! To him Borne Avas like the opening of the of the pastthe disentombing of
graves , long generations of buried beings ! Ho loved to recall its history and its fate , tbe march of Eoman armies , the efforts of i Avonderful organization . With his clear vision ancl student mind , he did not fail to sec how Rome has affected the annals of nations , and the progress of mankind . HOAV ! t has entered into , Avith its still surviving traditions , even from out of a decayed and
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The Adventures Of Don Pasquale.
THE ADVENTURES OF DON PASQUALE .
BY THE AUTHOR OF THE "OLD , OLD STORY . ' . CHAPTER VII . " Vous trouvez une letfcre _ , lMoriture fine , Parlant b , tout votre etre une langue divine . "
Al / EXiNDRE DUJIAS , Flls . HE must be a very unobservant , or a very apathetic individual to whom Borne presents no interest , ancl offers no occupation . For , as I observed in the last chapter , there is an atmosphere of intellectual sympathy and historical souvenir peculiar to Borne , Avhich must have ever deep ancl abiding influences on the artistic , the educated , and the thoughtful . Hardly a street you traverse which has not a history , hardly a church you enter which has not a legend , hardly a spot you visit Avhich has not an undying association .
" Travelling made easy " has robbed , no doubt , many shrines of earthly pilgrimage of their sentiment and their greatness , their marvels and their glory ; and too many a voyager rushes to-day with . Bad oner , or Murray , or Hare , from point to pomt , from crumbling churches and decaying palaces , from this scene of beauty or that creation of grace , merely to say openly , or to convince others , " we have done Rome . " I have met , for instance , Avith travellers , over ancl over again , Avho certainly did not travel for travelling ' s sakeAVIIO had no intelligence and less perceptionto whom art Avas a
mys-, , tery , architecture a riddle , intellect a shadow—sad , dull dogs , hopeless and helpless pilgrims , idle ancl profitless companions ! They cared more for breakfast and dinner , and Boederer and cognac , the cigars they smoked and the jeAvellery they wore , than for a masterpiece of Vandyke , or Titian , or " chef-d ' oeuvre " of Cuyp , or a sublime conception of Murillo 1 What mattered to them that that church Avas a wondrous creation of skill and
beauty ? HOAV did it affect them , that old Hotel cle Ville Avas full of historical souvenirs , 01 national greatness 1 To them , that ruined castle AVUS only a ruined castle still ; that , to us , marvellous amphitheatre , " something built by those old chaps the Bomans or the Trojans . " What was a "fellah" to do in a toAvn which was full of gabled houses , ancl old shops , ancl where the tobacco Avas doubtful , and the beer Avas bad 1
Alas ! alas ! my masters , in this respect tbe schoolmaster may be abroad , but he has got a good deal to teach a good many people , Avhom you and I Avot of Avell , kind reader , before they are really educated ancl cultivated . Let me illustrate this Avith a little story . There is a famous hotel at Antwerp , called the St . Antoine , Avell knoAvn to all Avho have crossed in the Antwerp boat , or made that interesting toAvn their " sejour , '' for a longer or shorter space . A young man , ( quite different
, of course , from most of our young men , ) was asked what he [ had seen at Antwerp . " Well , " he said , to the astonishment of his catechist , " I saAV a very good-looking gal opposite my room , on the other side of the court-yard . " This , apparently , Avas his only recollection of Antwerp I Paesiello , hoAvever , Avas not open to such a reproach ! To him Borne Avas like the opening of the of the pastthe disentombing of
graves , long generations of buried beings ! Ho loved to recall its history and its fate , tbe march of Eoman armies , the efforts of i Avonderful organization . With his clear vision ancl student mind , he did not fail to sec how Rome has affected the annals of nations , and the progress of mankind . HOAV ! t has entered into , Avith its still surviving traditions , even from out of a decayed and