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So the time went by weeks and months and at last one evening she went to the church and prayed a new prayer. "Sacred Mother," she said, "I have sold the comb and the necklace, and I have worked and can keep my word. I have bought a little golden heart. And if he comes" in a fainter whisper "if he comes I will say nothing ill to him." That night, for the first time, she heard of Sebastiano.
In gambling he forgot what tortured him, it stirred his blood, dispelled weariness; the gold was nothing to him. The lion's share of his gains he loaned to broken gamblers, without expectation of return, gave to starving artists, or flung with lavish hand to beggars. So the months in Ferrara glided by, and when the allotted time was over, he took leave of Sebastiano Filippi without regret.
Same opaque shadows! eh? eh? He took a pinch, and wishing me a good appetite, turned up the Via S. Sebastiano." "La Festra di Cattreda, or commemoration of the placing of the chair of St. Peter, on the 18th of January, is one of the most striking ceremonies, at Rome, which follow Christmas and precede the holy week. At the extremity of the great nave of St.
Wherefore Agostino Chigi, who had been having a chapel and tomb built for himself under the direction of Raffaello in S. Maria del Popolo, came to an agreement with Sebastiano that he should paint it all; whereupon the screen was made, but the chapel remained covered, without ever being seen by anyone, until the year 1554, at which time Luigi, the son of Agostino, resolved that, although his father had not been able to see it finished, he at least would do so.
The first profession of Sebastiano, so many declare, was not painting, but music, since, besides being a singer, he much delighted to play various kinds of instruments, and particularly the lute, because on that instrument all the parts can be played, without any accompaniment.
If one cared for men, if one did not find them tiresome, if one was simple enough like Sarita to be carried away by things, there was at least something in all this to interest one a little. "It is Sebastiano," said José. But Sebastiano was addressing the president of the games. He extended his glittering sword, and made his announcement in a clear, rich voice. Pepita listened as he spoke.
"He would be a power in an ambassade," suggested another, "for he hath a gift in diplomacy and law which, verily, did astound the old Giustinian. The eloquence of his great-uncle Sebastiano hath fallen upon him. If he were not so young ! Here in Venice he is rolling up influence, and the charm of his inamorata is also a danger; and already in the Consiglio all eyes are upon him."
"Ah, why can't every one be happy when one is happy one's self? I always think of that when I " She did not finish her sentence in words. Her look at the two men concluded it. Then she turned and went into the house. "What is the matter with Lucrezia?" asked Artois. "Oh, she she's in love with a shepherd called Sebastiano." "And he's treating her badly?" "I'm afraid so.
Easter, 1899. Rome took hold of me again as usual, yesterday, bicycling near Porta S. Sebastiano. The Arch of Drusus was surrounded by a band of Cookites, listening inattentively to their Bear Leader; and the whole Via Appia, to beyond Cecilia Metella, was alive with cabs and landaus.
The claims of Palma himself, Pellegrino da San Daniele, Cariani and Sebastiano del Piombo, have all found protagonists among modern critics.
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