New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-24
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ole facade enjoying that agreeable state af mind
proddeed susnenae On the eve Of grati
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ter and paused, playing, pleasing anxietles
\ I'll fter alI I'LL niarveloas s. Il deiig gatfal.
In tlse stopp ped II look5 better
more rich, more gigantic. sse7ss
stood III Vic door ii tic colossal csure.
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to prolong the al futter of breath hless e1pee7 N
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Old sndiIenly lifted tIle
and the interior temple broke upon nss s
have spent hours md days IN st. Pesers Since
5Erots The above irss fpressof og III interior
s5as nos i Ithad seemed
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tsssl must have
and first, iSy ysaas igot as thts were
not fast WAS aaaifst being
thrown guard. u knew
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fore it akened INTO rot
can Thope to convey any its spIsYdsf
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many of the eathedraIss but Of the excslent
works Of art Tnatc chess III
mense slabs Of rare nnarb precious
extreme beauty : numerous tates which
every column and en- foInEA
monuments q the poets and otlasT
wrought BY the most renowned h9Faf
around from the walls I'M every affituae
IA The eyes and the mind ache taas glaTess
and dazzIe. The not enou tls soul
from all points wandered asltong statelys
monuments the huge marble the
and the braZen spiral ches columns and
domes lead aIld trom oIs
irradiated with soft and
more and more impressed sense Of refund
yast,lesas that enchante fsazed me- is eers
tainly the throne and cent? ear ma gfieenee
where every ng Is gofg
sAs fingered in this temp fasclnated
aiia amazed. fouTd tIIs beginning sles
bat onplsstsly & ag5ssas gEgReg ep
moment nlistoek for the large ones
or stood woideriii side cave
EstI after afeW the
At last, fairly aud
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II and its dimensions d. began VI
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lighted tofeel iprl Of illusions Ssere3
in fhe sFreTs q
the eye, and where enc
u the superb which of evVI slzss
jliIate as you your and BE-
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The latter illustrates
. those which mater, Even
e at the distance OF Won see#
Il tender chaIibs and fhers fee: and
4 sleep in her aayaneing 20 encompass
with nat foot or diIzpla
= leg, you find instead weight of broad rars
81 bic, by the side Of which yeI ssenla gisrly
The mosaies III the enpo from besof ~
: mt little eolored bitso ass, like pieces of
stuck, asnss into sott plasfsr,
"a and4here left 20 haT there for
hours and hours sass1E eaa1lo .E 9,as
. tie YOU with ttft ef te
II great which enrich temple az well WITH
Il food for the mind lass gu pause beiprs M
"A monuments where lie popes and mobiles and leaning
4 the gorgeous balts holy confessional
d look down the eonseeIat ann
Il rare statutes and IN silent
e hnIadEed alls
n II rest the remains of the great apnst ses, a
d lne neVer tires of tFead its naaraf
e floor over and over agnTI
of
IS silence and splendor where ayenstll ehelr
n blended voices or rich peal the organ treaI
e- the distant chapel, rather charms than break t
e impressive stiffness; and the weather Is
at cloudy and dark the stIeans 81 Hsns
from above and failing among bright pliar
id of bronze, celored marbles and mass OF de
corations, reflect mellow radiance not urks SUI
TO shine. ,3 81
Of No one can comprehend this wonderful sfFuetuE
to at single visit, unless he into the eupola a
O. ball: but whoever reaches the giddy th
er first balustrade in the interior of the or
At yet more dreadful the second whoever q
ID serves the breadth and isla1d Of It
roof and beholds the scene from It's bail, must
opegachened with sense Of grandeur and immensely
satisfied that he has seen one Of ths wonders OF th
j world. Il n lew Y ork llirror.