IN THE

NINETEENTH CENTURY;

CONTAINING

A COMPLETE ACCOUNT

OF

THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT CITY, THE REMAINS OF THE MIDDLE AGES,
AND THE MONUMENTS OF MODERN TIMES.

WITH

REMARKS

ON THE FINE ARTS, ON THE STATE OF SOCIETY,

AND ON THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS,

OF THE MODERN ROMANS.

IN A

SERIES OF LETTERS

WRITTEN DURING A RESIDENCE AT ROME,

IN THE YEARS 1817 AND 1818.

""Tis Rome demands our tears,

The Mistress of the World, the seat of empire,
The nurse of heroes, the delight of gods,-
That humbled the proud tyrants of the earth,
And set the nations free,-Rome is no more!"

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

FOURTH EDITION.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,

LONDON.

1826.