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The latter contains the finest and largest shops; but we must not expect the magnificent establishments we behold in the cities of Europe in fact, we meet with little that is beautiful or costly. The flower-shops were the only objects of particular attraction for me. In these shops are exposed for sale the most lovely artificial flowers, made of birds' feathers, fishes' scales, and beetles' wings.
The crash and scramble of that big, rich, appetent Western city she did not take in at all, except to notice that the noise of the drays and street-cars tired her. The brilliant window displays, the splendid furs and stuffs, the gorgeous flower-shops, the gay candy-shops, she scarcely noticed.
There can be no doubt that the smart stage-coaches of England were very superior conveyances to the cumbersome, cobwebby diligence, which seems better adapted for night than for day travelling. The flower-shops are one of the most interesting features of Nice, especially to ladies.
Nice Its persistently Italian character Its gaming propensities Hints about luggage Old and New Towns Flower-shops A river laundry The harbours of Nice and Villafranca Scenery and climate of Nice A cowardly outrage In the Cathedral Hotel charges Leaving Nice.
It was not our lot to find the large nurseries and hot-houses which make the flower-shops and market-places of Berlin exquisitely radiant with blossoms at all seasons, beyond even the famous Madeleine flower-market at Paris in the season when we visited it and, if so, surpassing in this respect all other cities.
So that we may at least, as an experiment, allow a good Londoner to take his unsophisticated eyes out into the sweet country for once, and try his skill at nature-loving, though his botany has been learned over the counter of flower-shops, and his zoology on Saturday afternoons when they have the band in the Gardens.
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