[Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Maria Mitchell]@TWC D-Link bookMaria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals CHAPTER VII 12/29
You tell her, and she tells you to go up higher; you repeat the process, and at last reach the rooms.
The higher up the better, because you get some sun, and one learns the value of sunlight.
I saw no sun in Paris in my room, and here I have it half of the day, and it seems very pleasant. "All the customs of the people differ from those of Paris.... "A little of Italian art enters into the ornaments of rooms and furniture, but anything like mechanical skill seems to be unheard of; and I dare say the pretty stamp used on the butter I have, which represents some antique picture, was cut by some northern hand.
I could make a better cart than those that I see on the streets, and I could _almost_ make as good horses as those that draw them!... "It is Holy Week.
I have spent seven hours at a time at St.Peter's, in terrible crowds, for ten days, and now I go no more.
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