Sunday, September 14, 2008

from The Journal Of Elizabeth Lady Holland, by Lady Elizabeth Vassall Fox Holland, 1793


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We crossed a dozen ferries in the night, and reached Placentia soon after daybreak.
5th July. — Saw the Ducal Palace, the equestrian statue, Cathedral, and St. Augustin. Alberoni was a native of this city. Crossed the Po at the gates of the town. Very near meeting with an ugly accident in getting out of the boat ; the banks were steep, the mud very deep, the carriage rolled considerably back into the water. Our cook we were obliged to pass as a Swiss, Frenchmen being refused admittance into the Milanese.

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