"To be sure, there is Arabia Petraea, but the accommodations are not good.

Besides, Rome has attractions for me at present; and I really think I meet more acquaintances here than I should at home.

Rome is beginning to swarm with Americans, especially with Southerners.

One can usually recognize them at a glance by their unmistakable air of distinction.

They are obviously of porcelain clay, as Willis says." "I think our New England Mr.Percival is as polished a gentleman as any.