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... ancient monastery of Vallombrosa . The road com- mands through its whole course the valley of the Sieve , and the rolling hills that swell and sink and rise again in ever - varying lines and masses , like the heaving of the billows in ...
... ancient monastery of Vallombrosa . The road com- mands through its whole course the valley of the Sieve , and the rolling hills that swell and sink and rise again in ever - varying lines and masses , like the heaving of the billows in ...
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... ancient families of Tuscany —his father , Gualberto Visdomini , claiming to come from the royal race of the Carlovingians ( the first of his family having been created cava- liere by Charlemagne ) , and his mother being an Aldobrandini ...
... ancient families of Tuscany —his father , Gualberto Visdomini , claiming to come from the royal race of the Carlovingians ( the first of his family having been created cava- liere by Charlemagne ) , and his mother being an Aldobrandini ...
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... ancient manuscripts , and rich in ecclesiastical works . These , however , were piled pell - mell together and carried away exposed in carts , some here , some there . Many , of course , were lost ; but what remains of them are now de ...
... ancient manuscripts , and rich in ecclesiastical works . These , however , were piled pell - mell together and carried away exposed in carts , some here , some there . Many , of course , were lost ; but what remains of them are now de ...
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... ancient learning would have been lost ; science would have suffered total eclipse , and civilisation declined . If there was a good deal of superstition mixed up with their religious doctrines , if their lives were not on the highest ...
... ancient learning would have been lost ; science would have suffered total eclipse , and civilisation declined . If there was a good deal of superstition mixed up with their religious doctrines , if their lives were not on the highest ...
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... ancient custom is still kept up by the profes- sors , and students , and others attached to the Forestal School , by which the monastery is now occupied . This All the forests of Vallombrosa , as well as the farms and vineyards both ...
... ancient custom is still kept up by the profes- sors , and students , and others attached to the Forestal School , by which the monastery is now occupied . This All the forests of Vallombrosa , as well as the farms and vineyards both ...
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