Tuesday, August 19, 2008

from a Letter of Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle to George Selwyn, Manheim, Aug. 16, 1768


I confess I was rejoiced with the more circumscribed prospects that I met with upon my leaving the Alps; fields very well cultivated; valleys with rich verdure; and little woods, which almost persuaded me I was in England. I was delighted with the buildings I saw at Piacenza and Verona. The theatre at Piacenza is one of the most elegant structures in the world: there is no comparison betwen it and the one at Winterslow.

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