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The Quaker City excursionJun 1867The tomb of Adam
In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre I was shown the tomb of Adam, and was overcome. A man ought to be moved at the grave of a relative, even a distant one.
City2 min read
- ITThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867
Is he dead?
Every guide in Italy loved Michelangelo with a love that bordered on the unreasonable. We found a way to cure them. It is cruel, and I recommend it.
City2 min read
- ITThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867
Venice, without the singing
A city that has gone on living with its feet in the water for a thousand years. It is beautiful, and damp, and the gondolier sings, and I will forgive it everything but the gondolier.
City2 min read
- ITThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867
Thirteen days of prayer meetings
Sixty-five pilgrims, one melodeon and a sea that would not lie still. I took up dominoes in self-defence.
Culture & history2 min read
- ITThe Quaker City excursionJun 1867
The Grand Pleasure Excursion, as advertised and as delivered
The programme promised a brass band, Henry Ward Beecher and five months of pleasure. We got a melodeon, a great deal of prayer, and the five months.
Culture & history2 min read