Excerpt from Visit to Vaucluse, Nismes, Orange, Pont-Du-Gard, Avignon, Marseilles, &C. &C: In May, MDCCCXXI IT is right and proper to say something of Avignon, from whence I proceeded directly to Vaucluse. The distance is about fifteen Eng lish miles, or five leagues of? Provence, called from their length commonly bonnes, on mor telles lieues; but here, in Provence, lieues des amoureux, or lovers' leagues. As it is, how ever, my desire, to enter immediately on my principal subject, 1 shall leave Avignon, Orange, Marseilles ...
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Excerpt from Visit to Vaucluse, Nismes, Orange, Pont-Du-Gard, Avignon, Marseilles, &C. &C: In May, MDCCCXXI IT is right and proper to say something of Avignon, from whence I proceeded directly to Vaucluse. The distance is about fifteen Eng lish miles, or five leagues of? Provence, called from their length commonly bonnes, on mor telles lieues; but here, in Provence, lieues des amoureux, or lovers' leagues. As it is, how ever, my desire, to enter immediately on my principal subject, 1 shall leave Avignon, Orange, Marseilles, Nismes, and le Pont du Gard, for a postscript. Having taken a cursory view of Avignon, with an intention to return, I set out for Vaucluse, Whose interesting valley, and ra pid torrent, with the aid of the poetry of Pe trarch, and the history of Laura, have attracted to its source travellers of all countries, equally enthusiastic, who have left it as the Seine, it has been said, leaves Paris, 5 regret fugitive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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