Excerpt from The Dogaressa
More years ago than I care to remember I was travelling by road in Northern Italy, in the company of that accomplished scholar, critic, and novelist, Mr. George Meredith; and one fine afternoon in autumn we entered, by the upper road, the interesting and romantic town of Bergamo. All tourists are familiar with the exquisite beauty and extent of the views that stretch on every side from the heights of Bergamo; and Mr. George Meredith expatiated with true poetic fervour on the magnificence of the vista, on the south side: reaching as the view does to the Alps and the Apennines beyond the plains of Lombardy, and revealing the towers of Monza, of Cremona, and of Milan.
"I love Bergamo - I will live in Bergamo - I will die in Bergamo," cried Mr. George Meredith, who, for the first time was revelling in the enchanting prospect.
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