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Pictures from Italy

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

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Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.
It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.
In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.
The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.
I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.
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Pictures from Italy

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Pictures from Italy is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.
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It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.
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In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.
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The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.
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I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.
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acquaintance

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

action

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

always

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

Among

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

amused

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

and

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

appeared

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

are

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

artists

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be

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

before

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

beset

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

bridled

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

broad

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

called

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

came

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

church

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conceive

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

constantly

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

costume

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

could

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

Cubs

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

day

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

del

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

den

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

di

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

every

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

Exhibition

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

faces

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

familiar

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

first

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

flight

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

for

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

found

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

from

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

Galleries

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

great

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

had

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

have

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

hired

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

how

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

I

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

improved

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

In

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

is

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

It

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

its

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

lead

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

like

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

Lions

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

made

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

many

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

may

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

me

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

mightily

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

minor

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

Models

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

Monte

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

nightmares

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

not

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

of

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

on

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

one

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

or

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

pass

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

Piazza

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

place

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

plainer

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

possible

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

resort

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Rome

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

saddled

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

seemed

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

several

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

so

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

soon

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

Spágna

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

started

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

steps

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

that

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

the

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

there

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

these

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

they

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

time

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

to

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From this reading It is always to be found there; and its den is on the great flight of steps that lead from the Piazza di Spágna, to the church of Trínita del Monte.

Trínita

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up

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

variety

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

various

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

waiting

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

walls

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

was

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From this reading Among what may be called the Cubs or minor Lions of Rome, there was one that amused me mightily.

we

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From this reading I soon found that we had made acquaintance, and improved it, for several years, on the walls of various Exhibition Galleries.

went

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

what

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why

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.

words

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From this reading In plainer words, these steps are the great place of resort for the artists’ ‘Models,’ and there they are constantly waiting to be hired.

years

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From this reading The first time I went up there, I could not conceive why the faces seemed familiar to me; why they appeared to have beset me, for years, in every possible variety of action and costume; and how it came to pass that they started up before me, in Rome, in the broad day, like so many saddled and bridled nightmares.