Identifier: italyfromalpstom00stie (find matches)
Title: Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885 Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907 Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907 Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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ly stamped upon this people : their deeply seriousoutlook upon the world. Rome never was a frivolous, wanton city, living gaily through thesunshiny days, and caring for nothing but merry-makings : and now she has somewhat theair of a convalescent looking hopefully towards the rosy spring-time, and feeling thehealthful breeze of heaven dry the tears of pain on his cheek. This trait of seriousnessis found in the lowest peasant of the Campagna ; but the long centuries of barbarousmisgovernment and ill-treatment have not been able to destroy the original, grand, andnoble type of the race, and the antique traditions still live even among the lowest of thepeople, who all know something of the great ancestors whose pride they inherit To thepresent day the Roman race is as distinct in form and type from its neighbours of UpperItaly, Tuscany, and Naples, as the population of some remote island, and shows the un-mistakeable impress of the antique Romans. Their frames are powerful and well-knit,
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01 THE UNIVERSITY OF HJJNBB THE ETERNAL CITY IN A MODERN TOGA. 239 the head round, the eyes and hair black, the complexion slightly bronzed. Their limbsare in admirable proportion to the body, but their hands and feet are small and fine,denoting a high-bred race. The glance of the Roman is fiery, lively, and penetratingas his speech which he uses with agreeable and facile eloquence. Removed alike from obsequiousness or affectation, his manners are remarkablygraceful. His carriage dis-plays a certain solemnity, suchas he might have worn whenhis Seven-Hilled City wasmistress of the world. Isthis air the result of thesombre surroundings amidwhich he has lived, or is itinnate in him ? Certainly themelancholy of the ruins aroundhim may have contributed toit, since it powerfully impresseseven the stranger who is atemporary sojourner in thecity. With a mixture of thisseriousness and a strong senseof self-esteem, the Romancontemplates all events froma high and dignified point ofview : and wit

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