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SICILY AND MALTA. 177
Walls, is entirely covered over With mir-
rour, intermixed with gold and silver
paper, and an infinite variety of artificial
ssowers. All these are arranged and dis-
posed, in my opinion, with great taste and
elegance ; none of them predominate, but
they are intermingled every where in a just
proportion.
Every altar, chapel, and column are
finiflied in the same manner, which takes
off from the littleness of the particular or-
naments, and gives an air of grandeur and
uniformity to the whole. The roof is
hung with innumerable lustres filled with
wax candles, and, I am persuaded, when
the whole is lighted up, it mull be equal to
any palace either in the Fairy Tales or the
Arabian Nights Entertainment. Indeed it
seems pretty much in the same slyle too,
for all is gold, silver, and precious Acnes.
The saints are dresscd cut in all their
glory, and the fairy queen hersclf was
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Walls, is entirely covered over With mir-
rour, intermixed with gold and silver
paper, and an infinite variety of artificial
ssowers. All these are arranged and dis-
posed, in my opinion, with great taste and
elegance ; none of them predominate, but
they are intermingled every where in a just
proportion.
Every altar, chapel, and column are
finiflied in the same manner, which takes
off from the littleness of the particular or-
naments, and gives an air of grandeur and
uniformity to the whole. The roof is
hung with innumerable lustres filled with
wax candles, and, I am persuaded, when
the whole is lighted up, it mull be equal to
any palace either in the Fairy Tales or the
Arabian Nights Entertainment. Indeed it
seems pretty much in the same slyle too,
for all is gold, silver, and precious Acnes.
The saints are dresscd cut in all their
glory, and the fairy queen hersclf was
Vol. II. N never