Voltaire: Visit to the Lord Pococurante, Venetian nobleman

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Candide and Martin went in gondola on the Brenta, and reached the palace of the noble Pococurante. The gardens were pretty good, and adorned with beautiful statues of marble; the palace of a beautiful architecture. The master of the house, a man of sixty, very rich, received very politely the...

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