And that is the reason why you will find ,if you
travel there, as I trust you may, for nowhere are
the ladies fairer or the men so gallant) more win-
dows in the Duchy of Deodonato than anywhere
in the wide world besides. For the more windows,
the wider the view ; and the wider the view, the
more pretty damsels you see, the more jocund a
thing is life - and that is what the men of the
Duchy love - and not least Duke Deodonato,
whom, with his bride Dulcissima, may Heaven
long preserve !
Genre: Literary Fiction
travel there, as I trust you may, for nowhere are
the ladies fairer or the men so gallant) more win-
dows in the Duchy of Deodonato than anywhere
in the wide world besides. For the more windows,
the wider the view ; and the wider the view, the
more pretty damsels you see, the more jocund a
thing is life - and that is what the men of the
Duchy love - and not least Duke Deodonato,
whom, with his bride Dulcissima, may Heaven
long preserve !
Genre: Literary Fiction
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