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Meanwhile, a Congress was opened at Chatillon-sur-Seine, at which were assembled the Duke of Vicenza on the part of France, Lords Aderdeen and Cathcart and Sir Charles Stewart as the representatives of England, Count Razumowsky on the part of Russia, Count Stadion for Austria, and Count Humboldt for Prussia.
It was the originality and splendor of the palaces of Vicenza and Venice which gave this school its eminence in the eyes of Europe; and the dying city, magnificent in her dissipation, and graceful in her follies, obtained wider worship in her decrepitude than in her youth, and sank from the midst of her admirers into the grave.
It must be acknowledged that the Duke of Vicenza perfectly fulfilled the views of the Emperor in thus protracting and gaining time by subtle subterfuges, for all that he suggested had already been done.
Having accompanied His Majesty everywhere, I was near him at Troyes on the morning of the 30th of March. The Emperor set out at ten o'clock, accompanied only by the grand marshal and the Duke of Vicenza.
These gentlemen often made wagers or bets among themselves; and I heard the Duke of Vicenza one day bet that Monsieur Jardin, junior, equerry of his Majesty, mounted backwards on his horse, could reach the end of the avenue in front of the chateau in the space of a few moments; which bet the equerry won.
Frederic's ancestors had assumed the style of Princes of Otranto; but Manfred's family had been too powerful for the house of Vicenza to dispossess them. Frederic had taken the cross and gone to the Holy Land, where he was wounded, made prisoner, and reported to be dead.
In the afternoon fresh goods were brought in; P C made a list of them with the prices; but he wanted more, and the merchants promised to send them the next day, although it was Sunday. Towards the evening several counts arrived, for in Vicenza every nobleman is a count. P C had left his letters of recommendation at their houses.
All is cold and calculated in the many palaces and churches of this master which adorn both Venice and Vicenza; they make us feel that creative inspiration has been superseded by the labour of the calculating reason. One great public building of Palladio's, however the Palazzo della Ragione at Vicenza may be cited as, perhaps, the culminating point of pure Renaissance architecture.
Before the opening of the Congress, the Duke of Vicenza, in conformity with the Emperor's orders, demanded an armistice, which is almost invariably granted during negotiations for peace; but it was now too late: the Allies had long since determined not to listen to any such demand.
Interior of Verona End of World seemingly near in Italy The Monks and the Classics A Cast-Iron Revolutionist A Beautiful Glimpse Railway Carriages Railway Company Tyrolese Alps Dante's Patmos Vicenza Padua The Lagunes The Omnibus or Gondola Silence of City Sail through the Canals Charon and his Boat Piazza of Saint Mark. The gates of Verona opened, and the enchantment was gone.
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