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tossed in the nurse’s arms. Some years ago, chap. 
the present King of the Two Sicilies was accus- ' . — 
tomed to join his principal courtiers in a similar 
amusement. 
In the Gate of the Resurrection, at the eastern Chapel of 
extremity of the Tverschaia, one of the principal 
streets in Moscow, there is a small open 
sanctuary, before which, at all hours of the 
day, people are assembled, crossing and pro 1 
strating themselves. We had the curiosity to 
penetrate the host of devotees, and to enter 
this little temple. An old man with a long 
beard was there selling candles to the numerous 
visitants, who, immediately after buying the 
candles, placed them before a picture of the 
Virgin with the Bleeding Cheek. The place was 
filled with a variety of pictures of Saints and 
Martyrs: but there were two of the Virgin, 
larger than the rest, facing the street : one of 
them is said to have been brought hither by 
an angel; which causes the extraordinary devo- 
tion paid to this picture in particular ; although 
there be many such paintings in other parts of 
Moscow, having the same reputation of a mira- 
culous importation. The particular picture to 
which reference is now made, was framed in 
silver, set round with gems, true or false, of 
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