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Roma beata; letters from the Eternal city. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Maud Howe Elliott   -  Ionlineshopping.Com, 2018  - 

LOOKING FOR A HOME  Rome, January 20, 1894.  Rome, which we reached Thursday, is veiy much  changed since I last saw it ; imagine the Foun-  tain of Trevi, all the principal streets, even many  of the smaller ones, gleaming with electric lights !  We at once engaged an apartment bathed  with sun in the Piazza di Spagna, sun from  early morning till late afternoon. But when  we moved into it, the day was overcast. The  apartment which had been tropical with the sun  when we hired it was arctic without it !  We interviewed our padrona (landlady), an  immense woman, and demanded a fire.  " But, Excellency, it is not good for the  health." ...