Letters from Italy, Describing the Manners, Customs, Etc., of that Country, in the Years 1770 Et 1771 to a Friend Residing in France, 1 tomas1777 |
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... tents . It is fo extremely high and narrow , as to totter on plain ground ; has but two wheels ; its fhafts are tied over the back of the horse , after the two ⚫ two extremities have been forced as near to each [ 28 ]
... tents . It is fo extremely high and narrow , as to totter on plain ground ; has but two wheels ; its fhafts are tied over the back of the horse , after the two ⚫ two extremities have been forced as near to each [ 28 ]
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... extremely low , that were the horses to take fright , you must infallibly be overturned into the river . - I forgot to mention , that we dined at La Chambre , a moft wretched La Cham place , and a very bad inn : it is about mid - way ...
... extremely low , that were the horses to take fright , you must infallibly be overturned into the river . - I forgot to mention , that we dined at La Chambre , a moft wretched La Cham place , and a very bad inn : it is about mid - way ...
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... extremely curious . They told us , many English gentlemen had gone out of their way to fee it : that there were great Crystals , quantities of crystal found in the grotto ; and that the peasants in the villages made ufe of it for falt ...
... extremely curious . They told us , many English gentlemen had gone out of their way to fee it : that there were great Crystals , quantities of crystal found in the grotto ; and that the peasants in the villages made ufe of it for falt ...
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... extremely fhy , concealing themselves in the most retired parts of the foreft , and in the clefts of rocks , the most difficult of accefs . They are fo alert , that they bound from rock to rock , and will stand with all their four feet ...
... extremely fhy , concealing themselves in the most retired parts of the foreft , and in the clefts of rocks , the most difficult of accefs . They are fo alert , that they bound from rock to rock , and will stand with all their four feet ...
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... extremely rapid for about three hundred yards . I don't know any thing this road resembles more than a broken stone ftair - cafe , which occafions the Por- ters to turn fo fuddenly with its windings , that the perfon in the chair paffes ...
... extremely rapid for about three hundred yards . I don't know any thing this road resembles more than a broken stone ftair - cafe , which occafions the Por- ters to turn fo fuddenly with its windings , that the perfon in the chair paffes ...
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admirable afferted affure alfo almoſt alſo amongſt angel Annibal antique appears beautiful beſt Bologna bufto Carracci church Cochin colouring compofed confiderable confifts Corfo Corregio curious diſcovered Doric order drapery dreffed Engliſh eſteemed expreffed faid fame feems feen fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhew fide figures filk fince finiſhed firft firſt fituated fmall fome foon French ftatues ftones ftrangers ftriking ftrong fubject fuch fufficiently fuppofe fupported furniſhed gallery Genoa Genoefe Guercino Guido Guido Reni head himſelf horſes houfe houſe Infant Jefus King Lalande laſt letter livres Ludovico Carracci Madona mafter manner marble meaſure Modena moft moſt mountains muſt ornamented paffed painted painter palace Parma peaſants perfon Piacenza picture poffible portrait prefent purpoſe repreſents road ſeems ſeen ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtreets tafte theatre thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Titian town ture Turin uſe vafe Virgin Voghera whofe wretched
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385 psl. - He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
385 psl. - And tow'ring o'er his head in triumph ride. With both his hands he labours at the knots ; His holy fillets the blue venom blots : His roaring fills the flitting air around. Thus, when an ox receives a glancing wound, He breaks his bands, the fatal altar flies, And with loud bellowings breaks the yielding skies.
385 psl. - Then with their sharpen'd fangs their limbs and bodies grind. The wretched father, running to their aid With pious haste, but vain, they next invade ; Twice round his waist their winding volumes roll'd ; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly choked their crests divide, And towering o'er his head in triumph ride.
330 psl. - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
213 psl. - ... magicians, devils, conftables, fine ladies, robbers, princes, ambafiadors, and troops of wooden horfes. The audience talked louder than the actors. The ladies turn their backs to the ftage, which has an impertinent, ill-bred appearance. There was dancing, and no refpite between the acts.
138 psl. - Turin, the king himself takes the pains to read it over, and to erase every line that can admit of an indecent or double meaning. This attention is particularly paid to the theatre, on account of the morals of the Royal family.
65 psl. - Nicholas consult his own interests, that he never asked any thing for himself; and although he goes to court from time to time, and is always exceedingly well received by the king, he has never, in any instance, sought his own promotion, but employs all the interest he has to relieve his poor neighbours and parishioners from any difficulties they may be...
66 psl. - ... years. By this he made a considerable sum ; but, in the year 1737, he augmented his fund, and served his country at the same time, by selling cattle to the Swiss army ; which cattle he bought up cheap from the Savoyards, who with difficulty could prevent their being taken from them by the Spaniards, and were glad to get rid of them at any price.
370 psl. - ... their natural reft for ceremonies, but always went to bed and rofe when agreeable to them. Happy Monks, thought I ! For you muft know I had been dreading all the evening fome holy vigil, at which perhaps our attendance might have been expected.
212 psl. - Theatre. \Ve were laft night at the play (for at prefent there is no opera) ; the theatre is rather large than fmall, but not beautiful, either as to architecture or painting.