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Pictures from Italy

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Pictures from Italy is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 5 of Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens holds 132 sentences, grouped into 27 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 5 holds 132 sentences of Pictures from Italy, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

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The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.
The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.
They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.
There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.
As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.
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Pictures from Italy

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Pictures from Italy is here in full — 132 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.
Line 2
The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.
Line 3
They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.
Line 4
There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.
Line 5
As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.
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a

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

about

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

all

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

and

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

any

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

are

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

as

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

be

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

being

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

breathing-place

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

by

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

can

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

chairs

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

clearing

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

coaches

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

colours

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

commonly

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

damage

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

dirt

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

divers

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

doors

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

Edinburgh

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

enterprising

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

entrance

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

even

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

every

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

few

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

fine

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

flats

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

floors

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

for

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

fortune

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

gilded

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

great

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

halls

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

here

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

high

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

hire

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

houses

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

immensely

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

impossible

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

in

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

into

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

is

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

it

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

Italian

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

kind

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

lack

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

lanes

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

let

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

like

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

live

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

looked

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

majority

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

make

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

many

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

mere

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

might

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

moderately

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

most

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

narrow

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

now

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

of

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

off

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

old

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

or

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

otherwise

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

out

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

painted

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

Paris

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

part

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

penetrate

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

people

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

places

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

property

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

public

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

repair

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

scavenger

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

sedan

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

sorts

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

stage

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

state

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From this reading The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colours, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair.

street

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

streets

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

supposed

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

The

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

them

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

then

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

there

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

these

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From this reading As it is impossible for coaches to penetrate into these streets, there are sedan chairs, gilded and otherwise, for hire in divers places.

They

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

thoroughfare

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

to

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

town

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From this reading They are commonly let off in floors, or flats, like the houses in the old town of Edinburgh, or many houses in Paris.

upon

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From this reading There are few street doors; the entrance halls are, for the most part, looked upon as public property; and any moderately enterprising scavenger might make a fine fortune by now and then clearing them out.

walk

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

well

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

where

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.

with

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From this reading The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place.