It is quite true that the capital of lombardy enjoys a position which is unique not only in Italy but in the whole world, as the chief operatic market, and there is nothing that indicates this artistic centre is likely to be shifted, much less to London than anywhere else.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
Poverty prevailed everywhere-among labourers and among employers, too-with peoples of the highest industrial development, and with peoples of the lowest-in luxurious cities, and in the huts of villagers-in the rich plains of lombardy, no less than the sterile wilds of Scandinavia.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
After he had walked for a quarter of an hour unconscious of all around him, only blindly driven on by the dim feeling that if he once looked back his strength would fail him; it suddenly occurred to him that he was walking northward in the direction of Germany, instead of turning towards the lakes of lombardy as he had at first intended.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse