Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 by Various Authors
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Title: Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 425 Volume 17, New Series, February 21, 1852
Author: Various
Editor: Robert Chambers & William Chambers
Release Date: October 23, 2005 [EBook #16924]
Language: English
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CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS, EDITORS OF 'CHAMBERS'S INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE,' 'CHAMBERS'S EDUCATIONAL COURSE,' &c.
No. 425. NEW SERIES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1852. PRICE 1½d.
VENICE.
At six, on a bright morning, the 1st of September 1851, we left the quay of Trieste in the steamer for Venice. We were in no particular mood upon the subject. If anything, we rather feared that the famous City of the Sea might turn out to have been overpraised. However, we resolved to be candid.
The morning passed pleasantly enough. We admired the snowy tops of the Styrian Alps on the right, and the deep green of the Adriatic was beautiful. We had calculated upon an eight hours' voyage; but it was scarcely eleven o'clock when the pinnacles and towers of the city began to appear abov