The hermit in Italy, or Observations on the manners and customs of Italy [tr. from the Fr. of C.M. Catherinet de Villemarest and - Louet]. |
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Abbé admire altar amongst ancient ancient Rome antiquity appeared arrived beautiful behold Bobbio Borghese built Buonaparte called cardinals Carlotti carriage Chambéri chapel church cicisbeo columns court covered crowd curious delightful dress edifice entered famous feet female Florence formerly France French gardens Genoa Genoese give grand Grosseto Holy honour hour inhabitants Italian Italy lady Lanucci magnificent marble ment Montesquieu monuments mountains Naples Napoleon nearly never night obliged once ornamented painted palace Paris Parma passed persons Piedmont Pisa Pisans Pitti Palace Pius VI Placentia Pope Pozzuoli present priests Prince promenade rarely recollect remains remarkable residence rich road Romans Rome ruins saint scarcely shew side Sienna sort statues stranger streets Stupinis temple theatre thing Tiber tion tomb Tortona town traveller Turin Tuscany Uberto village walls whilst wish young
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第 64 頁 - Indulge genio ; carpamus dulcia ; nostrum est Quod vivis; cinis, et manes, et fabula fies. Vive memor lethi ; fugit hora ; hoc, quod loquor, inde est.
第 57 頁 - ... during the months of October, November, December. January, February, March and April in any year; Which motion prevailed.
第 223 頁 - A quoi bon charger notre vie Des soins d'un avenir qui n'est pas fait pour vous?
第 41 頁 - tell me how you became possessed of that ring." I thought my best way was to tell the exact truth. " Ah !" said she, " the Count Vivalda was yesterday at Verona, and he learned that the public authorities were aware of his presence. He had appointed a rendezvous near the Arena, with one of his Lieutenants who was to arrive this day. The hour was precisely that which you chose for visiting the amphitheatre; and, as my servant was to recognize him by a ring similar to that which you wear, nothing could...
第 39 頁 - The old woman knocked thrice, when the door opened without our seeing any one. She shut it behind her, and opened another, saying at the same time : " Don't be afraid, you will not have long to wait." Nevertheless, I waited some time alone and in deep darkness. My reflections were every thing but satisfactory, and I thought that it was intended to initiate me, in my own despite, into the secrets of the...
第 44 頁 - Where is Varus himself? In a solitary island at the extremity of the world, where his greatest punishment will be to know that his name and his deeds never travelled so far. But, what a perilous calm succeeds to the tempest ! what intestine divisions ! What is that hydra which is preparing its hungry maw about the tottering thrones of Europe ? Verona ! Verona ! it is within thy walls that the powers of the world are to assemble. And for what ? Yes...
第 42 頁 - T do not feel any of that hatred which they generally excite. I am well aware that a fortuitous concurrence of circumstances very often creates a doubt, even in the strongest minds, on points of conjectural knowledge. The good old times of oracles, however, have long since passed away, as well as those of miracles; and, although I am ready to believe you a more skilful soothsayer than our own famous Mademoiselle Le Normand, yet, if my own inclinations were to prevail, the subject of our conversation...
第 44 頁 - I behold thee, by a happy union of new glory and ancient destiny, peaceful under the authority of thy Kings and the power of thy laws, and opulent in thy industry ; but, remember the inconstancy of victory and the instability of empire. — Heavens ! do I not see Greece burst forth from the monuments of her ruin ! But Italy ! for her there is an eternity of sorrow and slavery. The waves of Tiber and Eridanus will not be subjected to the Seine : but their tribute must be carried hereafter to the Danube.
第 46 頁 - ... conviction of the truth of what I say. Believe me, there are moments in life when an enthusiastic soul can tear away the veil which hangs before the future. You will see that nearly all those events which were just now so completely present to my imagination, will hereafter literally come to pass ; but I — I shall never behold them. Death is not far remote ; and why should I regret life, where there is nothing left me to do — when there is nothing left me to love? The fire of passion warms...
第 40 頁 - Signor & un francese." — (You have made a mistake, Lucy, this is a Frenchman.) She arose ; and, approaching me with indescribable grace, and having motioned to the attendant to retire, begged me to sit down. We both felt some difficulty in breaking silence and entering upon a conversation for which neither of us had any topic. But I remembered my country, and said, with as much gallantry as I could muster, that the honour of seeing her was some apology for the informal manner in which it had been...