Transcriber’s Note: Evident printing errors have been changed, butotherwise the original (and antiquated) spelling has been preserved,in both English and other languages. The errata have been corrected.
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A
VIEW
OF
SOCIETY and MANNERS
IN
ITALY:
WITH
ANECDOTES relating to some EMINENT CHARACTERS.
BY JOHN MOORE, M.D.
VOL. II.
Strenua nos exercet inertia: navibus atque
Quadrigis petimus bene vivere. Quod petis, hic est.
Hor.
THE SECOND EDITION.
LONDON:
Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand.
MDCCLXXXI.
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[iii]
CONTENTS
OF THE
SECOND VOLUME.
LETTER XLVI. p. 1.
Busts and statues of distinguished Romans—of        Heathen Deities.—Passion of the        Greeks and Romans for Sculpture.—Farnesian        Hercules criticised by a Lady.—Remarks        on that statue.—On the Flora.—Effect        which the sight of the statues of        Laocoon and his sons had on two spectators        of opposite characters.—Mr. Lock’s        Observations on the same group.—The        Antinous.—The Apollo.
[iv]LETTER XLVII. p. 21.
The present Pope.—Ganganelli.—A Scotch        Presbyterian.
LETTER XLVIII. p. 34.
Zeal of Pius VI.—Institution of the Jubilee.—Ceremony        of building up the holy door of        St. Peter’s by the present Pope.—The ceremony        of high mass performed by the Pope        on Christmas-day.—Character of the present        Pope.—He is admired by the Roman        women.—The Benediction pronounced in        the grand area before the church of St.        Peter’s.
LETTER XLIX. p. 48.
Presented to the Pope.—Reflections on the        situation of Sovereigns in general.—The        Sovereign Pontiff in particular.
[v]LETTER L. p. 63.
Modern Romans.—Roman women compared        with those of England.—Portrait painting        in Italy, and elsewhere.
LETTER LI. p. 78.
Carnival at Rome.—Masquerades and other        amusements in the Corso.—Horse-races.—Serious        Opera.—Great sensibility in a        young woman.—Extravagant expression of        a Roman citizen at the Opera.—A Serenade        on Ch                        
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