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Page 150
... Sarde women have had a name for the indelicacy of their dress . Dante ( Purg . xxiii . 94 ) taunts the ladies of Florence in his day with being even less decent than certain of their Sarde sisters . Unless they are at work in the fields ...
... Sarde women have had a name for the indelicacy of their dress . Dante ( Purg . xxiii . 94 ) taunts the ladies of Florence in his day with being even less decent than certain of their Sarde sisters . Unless they are at work in the fields ...
Page 152
... Sarde , not Ital- ian , and the costumes are lively . Here , too , I saw the Sarde dance , or ballo tondo -as demure an exhibition of gaiety as I ever beheld . It was on Whitsunday . Men and maids in their finest bravery mustered in the ...
... Sarde , not Ital- ian , and the costumes are lively . Here , too , I saw the Sarde dance , or ballo tondo -as demure an exhibition of gaiety as I ever beheld . It was on Whitsunday . Men and maids in their finest bravery mustered in the ...
Page 153
... Sarde melodies are of an unhappy cast . But , as I have said , St. Vito is in daily connection with Cagliari , and therefore , in spite of its ballo tondo and native strains , likely to have its primeval quaintnesses somewhat tarnished ...
... Sarde melodies are of an unhappy cast . But , as I have said , St. Vito is in daily connection with Cagliari , and therefore , in spite of its ballo tondo and native strains , likely to have its primeval quaintnesses somewhat tarnished ...
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THE OLD MISSIONARY By Sir William | 49 |
A Highland School Forty Years Ago | 59 |
THE MORAVIANS AND THE LEPERS | 63 |
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