Every evening the Piazza San Marco was filled with the white coats of the Austrian officers, promenading to the exquisite military music which has ceased there forever; the patrol clanked through the footways at all hours of the night, and the lagoon heard the cry of the sentinel from fort to fort, and from gunboat to gunboat.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Historic memories and suggestions hang about its crumbling monuments, its ruined ramparts, and its narrow footways.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
Within it began to describe a curve bordered with asphalted footways to the broad verandah of the house, and then descended again to the gate.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009