FLORENCE, CLIMATE OF
\flˈɒɹəns], \flˈɒɹəns], \f_l_ˈɒ_ɹ_ə_n_s]\
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This agreeable Italian city is by no means a favourable residence for the phthisical invalid. Sir James Clark affirms, indeed, that he does not know any class of invalids for whom Florence offers a favourable residence. It is subject to sudden vicissitudes of temperature, and to cold, piercing winds during the winter and spring.
By Robley Dunglison
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Platidiam
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