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300
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
ago
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
always
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
back
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
basking
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
Bianca
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
brightness
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
Brogi
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
canvass
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
centuries
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
century
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
chiefly
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
chill
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
clear
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
collectively
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
covered
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
curious
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
day
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
declined
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
dingy
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
disported
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
doors
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
eighteenth
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
family
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
flooded
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
florid
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
gallery
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
gone
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
group
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
high
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
HOME-COMING
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From this reading THE HOME-COMING OF THE REBEL.
house
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
interesting
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
loved
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
Marchese
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
mild
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
mirk
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
mixture
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
most
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOME-COMING OF THE REBEL.
old
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
out
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
pace
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
painted
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
paintings
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
palace
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
pictures
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
powder
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
ran
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
REBEL
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From this reading THE HOME-COMING OF THE REBEL.
rejoicing
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
Romeo
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
singly
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
sister
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
study
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
sunshine
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From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
taken
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOME-COMING OF THE REBEL.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
thick-walled
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
two
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
types
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
varieties
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
wall
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
warmth
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From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The covered gallery which ran along the back of the house was flooded in the afternoon with sunshine.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Here, as the day declined, I loved to pace, basking in the warmth and rejoicing in the brightness, for mild and clear as the day might be out of doors, within the thick-walled palace it was always mirk and chill.
worthless
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From this reading The long, high wall of the gallery was covered with pictures--chiefly paintings of dead and gone Brogi--most of them worthless, taken singly; taken collectively, interesting as a study of the varieties of family types.
years
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From this reading Here was Bianca, to the life, painted two centuries ago; the old Marchese looked out from a dingy canvass 300 years old at least, and a curious mixture of Romeo and his sister disported itself in powder amid a florid eighteenth century family group.
