"Secondo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... floating down on the heads of those who passed. Banners, too, with inscriptions to suit the popular feeling—'Liberty'—the 'Union of Italy'—the 'Memory of the Martyrs'—'Viva Pio Nono'—'Viva Leopoldo Secondo'—were quite stirred with the breath of the shouters. I am glad to have seen that sight, and to be in Italy at this moment, when such sights are to be seen.[167] My wrist aches a little even now with the waving I gave to my handkerchief, I assure you, for Robert and I and Flush ...
— The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) • Frederic G. Kenyon |
