25/29 But the world is a poor old ball bounding down a hill--to an Irish melody in the evening generally, by request. So far of Mr.Percy Dacier, of whom I have some hopes--distant, perhaps delusive--that he may be of use to our cause. It is an auspicious commencement.' Lugano is the Italian lake most lovingly encircled by mountain arms, and every height about it may be scaled with esce. The heights have their nest of waters below for a home scene, the southern Swiss peaks, with celestial Monta Rosa, in prospect. |